[Open-education] OER community releases Foundations for OER Strategy Development

Fri Nov 20 16:43:44 UTC 2015

Greetings Open Education Colleagues:

Today, the OER community releases the *Foundations for OER Strategy
Development*. This document provides 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. Ideas for this document came from across the
OER community, following a 6-month drafting and feedback process. The
document can be found at http://oerstrategy.org

<http://oerstrategy.org>

This document reflects the state of the OER movement through the eyes of
its practitioners: what we need as a movement, what we agree on, areas
where we differ, and opportunities for advancing OER globally. The Cape Town
<http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration> and Paris
Declarations <http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/33089> set the vision
for the OER movement, including the value statements that form the basis
for our work. We see the *Foundations for OER Strategy Development* as
forming the basis for future actions and commitments.

Our next step is to make the commitments for actions that will continue the
momentum.

*Make a commitment to advance OER:*

   1. Read the document <http://www.oerstrategy.org/home/read-the-doc/>.
   2. What actions will you take? Consider:

– How will you address the opportunities and challenges outlined?
– What do you see as the greatest opportunity and what ideas do you have to
address it?
– How can your organization work effectively with others to address this?
– What roles are you best suited to take?

   1. Make your commitment public.

– Tweet your commitment using the hashtag #oerstrategy
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/oerstrategy?src=hash>.
– Follow the conversation … we’ll also capture the tweets at oerstrategy.org

   1. Get to work and keep us updated.

– Tweet your updates using #oerstrategy
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/oerstrategy?src=hash>.
– Let’s track our collective progress and build an even stronger global OER
community.

Thank you for helping to build the open future of education!

*Foundations for OER Strategy Development drafting committee: Nicole Allen,
Delia Browne, Mary Lou Forward, Cable Green, Alek Tarkowski.*
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Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning
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