UNESCO Report on Open Educational Resources Released
Last week, UNESCO released a report (authored by Susan D’Antoni) entitled Open Educational Resources: The way forward (.pdf). A wiki version is available as well. George Siemens from the University of Manitoba has put together a short online presentation (using Articulate) that summarizes key points from the report. It’s a good way to get up to speed on some of the current buzz on OER’s.
As one possible indication of the sea change we’re headed for, Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has just adopted a policy that requires faculty members to allow the university to make their scholarly articles available free online, making it the first U.S. university to do so. Here’s a link to more details.