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"In presenting the case studies, this report aims to advance the field at large by contributing new knowledge as a basis for reflection on models and methods for project sustainability. Within the broader aim of knowledge-sharing, the specific goals of this report are two-fold. The first goal is to increase understanding of issues that are common across OER projects, such as engagement of online communities, collaborative content creation, and financial sustainability. The second goal is to facilitate synergistic networking possibilities for field-building and leadership development."

" Project Start Date: 2006 A wide range of individuals and organizations are actively involved in the development of free-to-use open educational resources (OER). Because the field is so new, there have been few opportunities to share learnings and advances across projects and boundaries. Little is known, for example, about how projects are facilitating the adaptation of open content by diverse users, what structures they are instilling to support peer production, and how they are attempting to inspire community engagement. Our Role: ISKME has worked with six projects to help them build capacity to track, analyze and share key developments in open educational resources (OER), and in the practices and models that play a role in project sustainability. The aim was to enable projects to discover unknown or untapped potential, to facilitate decision making around which practices to change or maintain, and to learn how other OER projects have overcome similar challenges. In addition, it sought to advance the field at large by contributing new knowledge on which others can build. The participating OER projects include: * CurriculumNet (Uganda) * Curriki (United States) * Free High School Science Texts (South Africa) * Mission 2007 Training Commons (India) * Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (United States) * Teachers' Domain (United States) "

"The aim of OLnet is to gather evidence and methods about how we can research and understand ways to learn in a more open world, particularly linked to Open Educational Resources (OER) but also looking at other influences. We want to gather evidence together but also spot the ideas that people see emerging from the opportunities."

"OER Research The body of work collected here represents the combined efforts of organizations worldwide. During the last ten years, as the Open Educational Resources movement has grown, so has the body of research being produced on the topic. "

"Open Educational Resources: Inquiring into Author Reuse Behaviors Lisa Petrides, Lilly Nguyen, Anastasia Kargliani and Cynthia Jimes"

"The OER Impact Study was a JISC-funded research project examining the impact of Open Educational Resources on teaching and learning in UK higher education. It was part of Phase 2 of the JISC/HE Academy Open Educational Resources Programmme. The study was undertaken jointly by TALL and the Learning Technologies Group of Oxford University Computing Services. "