The UKOER programme funded projects across a wide range of disciplines. The projects are mapped to the HE Academy Subject Centre headings. Several projects were multidisciplinary and some generic areas were particularly important for OER release - these are included at the end although not technically subject disciplines (such as employability and Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
The listing of a project under the heading does not mean that the HE Academy Subject Centre was involved in the project (although it may have been). The links take you to the main project website which should should also point to actual OERs.
Last Cookiweek David Kernohan, a JISC Programme Manager, commented in a Guardian article last week that Open Educational Resources are a radical idea that has now become mainstream. JISC infoNet's OER infoKit supports JISC's OER programmes in providing a reference point:
To try and condense some of the vast amount that has been learnt about the benefits of OER releases in the past 10 years, the Higher Education Academy and JISC have developed an InfoKit. This now includes materials specifically aimed at advocacy to senior institutional staff, talking about business models for openness and making arguments around institutional ethos, alongside sound evidence-based advice about every aspect of getting to a stage where releasing materials openly online is as natural as creating them. We also have an interactive tool – how open are you – which uses your responses to make a recommendation concerning how much openness your institution is ready for.
(David Kernohan)
As David mentions, one section that was missing up until now is a section giving an overview of Open Educational Resources for Senior Managers. We're delighted to announce that today this has been rectified with a dedicated area:
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