A Brief History of OER
• 1998 – 2003: Making OER possible
– OpenContent, Creative Commons
• 2003 – 2008: Persuading people and
institutions to share OER
– Hewlett Foundation, MIT OCW, CMU OLI,
Connexions, COSL, OCW Consortium, OpenEd
Conference, CK-12, Khan Academy
A Brief History of OER
• 2008 – 2013: Persuading people to adopt OER
– Flat World Knowledge, OpenStax;
Lumen Learning, Open Textbook Network, SPARC;
Open Education Group, OER Research Hub
• 2013 – 2018: Persuading institutions to adopt
OER at scale
– Tidewater CC Z Degree, VCCS Zx23, ATD OER
Degree Program, CA OER Degrees Legislation