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Open Library is an open project: the software is open, the data are open, the documentation is open, and we welcome your contribution. 

"Exploring the benefits of Open Educational Resources for media education. Coventry Open Media Classes is a JISC funded project giving open access to educational resources, networks of subject specialists, professional practitioners and learning communities"

The Office of Open Learning seeks to work in partnership with colleagues across the University in all Faculties, the Centre for Teaching and Learning, the Library, Information Technology Services, and other appropriate units to develop opportunities for students to engage in high quality open and online learning.

This post will review existing literature on Open Educational Resources, introducing five critiques: 1.) An under-theorisation of 'openness', in which the concepts of positive and negative liberty will be used to suggest a neglect of coherent theorisation concerning the practice of self-directed learning. 2.) The simultaneous privileging and rejection of institutional authority, where OER literature will be shown to endorse the reputations of established institutions while claiming liberation from them. 3.) The diminishing of the role of pedagogy, in which OER will be aligned with an untheorised learner-centred model of education. 4.) Humanistic assumptions of unproblematic self-direction and autonomy, and 5.) an alignment with the needs of capital, in which a Foucauldian interpretation of subjectivity will offer alternative perspectives on the notions of power and emancipation in OER discourse. It is suggested that these critiques may provide a framework for OER to develop a theoretically rigorous area of scholarship.

This user guide is for educational organisations interested in developing open education practices using popular social media. It is based on an analysis of the Otago Polytechnic experience 2006-2009, where a small group of teachers used social media to develop open education practices. 

"Open Course Frameworks: Blueprints for Teaching with OER"

AU Press is the centre of scholarly publishing expertise for Athabasca University, Canada's Open University. It is the first scholarly press to be established by a Canadian university in the twenty-first century. We are dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and research through open access digital journals and monographs, as well as through new electronic media.

"MyOpenMath runs on the free, open source, IMathAS platform, providing free hosted use of this platform in support of free, open textbooks. The intent is to provide classroom use of the platform, without any required cost to students, for schools wanting a managed install of the IMathAS platform, and to provide students self-study opportunities."

We support the creation, sharing, and proliferation of effective, affordable, and quality textbook content. We embrace disruptive technologes, open education resources and new higher education models that bring together for-profit, nonprofit, and government entities.

UCOSP brings together students from coast to coast to work together on joint capstone projects. Students learn first-hand what distributed development is like. Each team has students from two or three schools, and uses a mix of agile and open source processes under the supervision of a faculty or industry lead.

Create a short video that explains the benefits and promise of Open Educational Resources for teachers, students and schools everywhere.

MoU to facilitate cooperation between provinces in sharing and development of Open Education Resources

"This website gathers and publishes evidence about the impact of open educational resources (OER). It is maintained by the OER Research Hub project. The purpose is to help people understand the impact of open educational resources (OER)."

Colleges and universities have no reason to view OER as a threat. On the contrary, OER can help institutions provide higher education to rapidly increasing numbers of students and lifelong learners. Traditional colleges and universities, with their experience and reputation, are in a good position to further develop online teaching, testing, learning communities, and certification. Those that produce high-quality knowledge, teaching, and students have little to fear, and much to gain, from Open Educational Resources.

Open education: Common(s), commonism  and the new common wealth

Open Tapestry is all about discovering, adapting, and sharing learning resources, whether you're a teacher, an instructor, a professor, a corporate trainer, a learner, or just a curious mind!

"Project Kaleidoscope is implementing a set of fully open general education courses across eight colleges serving predominantly at-risk students. The project will dramatically reduce textbook costs and allow collaborative improvement of course design to improve student success."

"Lumen helps educational institutions reduce textbook costs and improve student success using open educational resources and learning analytics."