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The mission of NJCLD includes collaboration and consensus among member organizations. The committee works on identifying and addressing needs in research, practice, and professional education and development related to learning disabilities. This interdisciplinary forum is also important to increase communication and understanding among educational organizations, community and governmental agencies.
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California is moving closer to the realm of open education resources (OER) with passage of two bills in its state senate that would fund development of digital textbooks and courseware for free or low-cost use in higher education. Senate Bill 1052, promoted by Senate President Darrell Steinberg, creates guidelines for the development of digital materials. Companion Bill 1053 sets up a digital library as a state repository for maintaining and distributing digital resources. The state would apply $25 million in funding for creation of digital materials for the 50 most commonly taken lower division courses in public universities and community colleges. The work would be allocated through a competitive bidding process managed by an "open education resources council" made up of faculty members from the public institutions. "As college students and their families struggle with college costs in this difficult time, let's do what we can with the tools that we have. Through open educational resources, we can use technology to provide high quality college textbooks at a fraction of today's costs," said Steinberg. "Faculty, publishers, and others can unleash their entrepreneurial spirit through the competitive bidding process in creating these materials. Our students and California's economy will reap the benefits." Via Mark Smithers Delete the scoop?
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The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) is a national group that represents 12 organizations who are concerned about individuals with learning disabilities. IDA is one of the organizations that contributes to NJCLD’s mission for multi-organizational leadership and resources to benefit individuals with learning disabilities. Currently IDA has 3 members who serve on this committee: Emerson Dickman, Past President of IDA, Elsa Cardenas-Hagan, Vice-President of IDA, and Elisabeth Liptak, IDA Director of Professional Services.
The member organizations include the following: American Speech Language and Hearing Association, Association on Higher Education and Disability, Association of Educational Therapists, Council for Learning Disabilities, Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness, Division for Learning Disability, International Dyslexia Association, International Reading Association, Learning Ally, Learning Disabilities Association of America, National Association of School Psychologists, and National Center for Learning Disabilities.