This document summarizes a presentation given by Ming Nie and Gabi Witthaus from the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester to the University of South Africa (UNISA) in June 2012. The presentation provided an overview of open educational resource (OER) development in the UK and OER work being done at the University of Leicester, including various OER projects, repositories, and initiatives to support OER creation and use. It also included a discussion of how UNISA could apply lessons from the University of Leicester's OER work.