This document summarizes the preliminary findings of the coKREA project in Colombia, which aims to study how a collaborative, bottom-up approach to open educational resource (OER) creation can support effective OER models. The project trained teachers on OER, licensing, and authoring tools and supported them in co-creating OER. Initial findings show teachers progressing from concern about licensing to interest in disseminating resources openly. Co-creating OER helped teachers see themselves as authors with rights and responsibilities within their community. The project is empowering teachers to act as OER authors and ambassadors.