2. iTunesU Launched October 2008 832 items in 171 RSS podcast feeds 1.5 million downloads in a year 2 Oxford podcasts in Top 5 global downloads For personal use

3. Supported by the HEA/JISC Open Educational Resources pilot programme, two main objectives: (1) Delivering podcasts as ‘Open Content’ – For global re-use and redistribution provided it is used non-commercially and the creator is attributed – Creative Commons licence

4. (2) Explore and report on the institutional implications – Academic colleagues will be fully supported to make informed choices – Share outcomes with the UK HE community Also involved in this OER pilot programme are: Coventry University, Exeter University, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leicester University, Nottingham University, Staffordshire University

5. Drivers Oxford has an impressive track record Accessibility Outreach – material openly available for teaching, learning and research A use of technology that reflects what is unique about Oxford High calibre material of global importance Fits with Oxford’s strategic mission, objectives and values

6. On-line Innovation in Higher Education Professor Sir Ron Cooke, Chair of JISC Board, 2008 Recommendations “1) a new approach to virtual education based on a corpus of open learning content: the UK must have a core of open access learning resources organised in a coherent way to support on-line and blended learning by all higher education institutions and to make it more widely available in non- HE environments. This needs to be supported by national centres of excellence to provide quality control, essential updating, skills training, and research and development in educational technology, e-pedagogy and educational psychology. "

7. More information? – http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk Questions? – http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/faqs/index.html http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/faqs/index.html Want to get involved? – peter.robinson@oucs.ox.ac.uk