Open Education

I think that the Open Educational Resources movement is one of the most exciting things going on right now. (If you aren't familiar with OER, the basic idea is similar to open source software, but in addition to tools, OER includes free open content such as textbooks, images, video, etc. More info is available here.)

The reason for this post is that a group at COSL and WikiEducator is working on an OER Handbook for educators. As a part of that, we are looking for short stories from educators or learners who have used or created open educational resources. If you or anyone you know would be able to contribute a short blurb for this, it would be much appreciated. Examples of the kind of thing we're looking for, as well as the wiki where these can be added, are available here:


Creating OER
Getting/Finding OER
Localize/Remix OER
Using OER

If you've ever used a Wikipedia article as a part of a less or downloaded music from ccMixter to create a podcast, you could contribute to this.

I hope that this and other projects will help spread the word about OER. Thanks for your help.