The Way Forward: OER’s Value Proposition Barbara Chow Director, Education Program The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Taking the Open Educational Resources (OER) Beyond the OER Community: Policy and Capacity December 1, 2010 Policy Forum
OER Value Proposition Governmental Support OVERVIEW
R ADICALLY R EDUCED C OSTS
C ONTINUOUS I MPROVEMENT
L EARNING E FFICIENCY
A CCESSIBILITY FOR A LL
L OCALIZATION AND P ERSONALIZATION
1.Facilitate sustainable implementation Create incentives for development and re-use Remove barriers to OER adoption Fund infrastructure to increase access 2.Integrate openness as a component of public policy Require all publicly funded materials to carry a public license Publish educational research through open access journals Make more data publicly available Support open source software W HAT CAN GOVERNMENTS DO TO SUPPORT OER?