Susan D'Antoni, Open Educational Resources: The Way Forward, released March 7, 2008. The report is the result of online discussions facilitated by UNESCO's International Institute of Educational Planning to identify priorities for the OER community.
... The academic community has always shared knowledge, and the scientific method and peer review processes are based upon this approach. However, the availability of content in digital format facilitates significantly its sharing and the ease of adaptation, localization and translation, should it have an open license. It means that educational materials can be made widely available. ...
Through its deliberation on the key issues and the lead stakeholders, the international community on OER has sketched out a way forward for the movement, as well as for its own actions. ...
First priority: awareness raising ...
Second priority: communities and networking ...
Third priority: developing capacity ...
Fourth priority: quality assurance ...
Fifth priority: sustainability ...
Sixth priority: copyright and licensing ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 3/11/2008 04:09:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
