Drafting committee members:
- Nicole Allen
- Delia Browne
- Mary Lou Forward
- Cable Green
- Alek Tarkowski
- ... with contributions, edits from many members of the open education community
For more than a decade the movement for Open Educational Resources (OER) has evolved from a collection of small, localized efforts to a broad international network of institutions, organizations, practitioners, advocates and funders. While significant progress has been made on both expanding the availability of OER content and expanding its use, OER has not reached its full potential of entering the mainstream on a global scale.
The goals and broader vision for OER are outlined in foundational documents including the Cape Town Declaration and Paris Declaration. These documents are critical for communicating the case for OER to the outside world and providing a unifying voice for the movement. But while the goals for OER are clear and broadly agreed upon by the movement, the means and strategies for achieving them are not. To actualize the full vision of OER, a need has emerged for a document that looks inward and addresses strategic questions about how we, as the global OER movement, can reach our goals.
The purpose of this document / effort is to provide a concise analysis of where the global OER movement currently stands: what the common threads are, where the greatest opportunities and challenges lie, and how we can more effectively work together as a community. The first draft was born from a meeting of 26 OER leaders in February 2015. Our hope is that this document will serve as a starting point for conversations about strategies for mainstreaming OER and extending the reach and impact globally. We also hope that this document, and the strategies within it, will evolve as the conversation evolves to provide useful insight for both global coordination and local action.
The first draft was shared at the Hewlett OER grantees meeting: tinyurl.com/oerstrategy The draft will be shared at OER15 (Wales) and Open Ed 15 (Canada) in April, 2015 for more feedback. A round of online comment opportunities will ensue and then the drafting committee will submit an updated draft for community review.
| Role | Person |
|---|---|
| Driver | Cable Green |
| Accountable | Cable Green |
| Consulted | Ryan Merkley |
| Informed | Add yourselves here |