UKOER10 closed with a keynote from Brian Lamb of the University of British Columbia that was as much a challenge to the audience as it was entertaining. Lamb had come to praise the power of open standards, including OER, and to urge the audience to stand up against the might of proprietary standards and closed … Read more

Convincing people of the importance of OER can be difficult. The arguments can be complicated and have to be repeated for many different people in many different roles. The processes involved in OER production can be complicated as well, and many institutions come up with their own methods, without seeing how other organisations produce resources. To … Read more

Sustainability is one of the buzz words of the moment. But what does it mean for OER and how can OER projects best tackle it? Three projects, three speakers and three very different approaches were on offer to the audience in this morning session in which the speakers represented the varieties of project covered in … Read more

Despite the UK being a world leader in education in a number of areas, it’s poor when it comes to creating OER. For institutions and their staff to want to create OER, the benefits have to be clear: is it going to cost money? How will it benefit the institution? How will it advance my career? Tom … Read more

In only five days time, I’ll be thrilled to be at the opening of the UKOER10 conference. It will be a great chance to consolidate all the amazing work that’s been done under the UKOER banner since the launch of the pilot programme in the spring of 2009. We’ll be seeing presentations from all across … Read more