In 2006 The Open University launched the OpenLearn site offering access to free and open resources from The Open University. The OpenLearn initiative is having a lasting impact in several ways: influencing actions in the University, attracting new actions in the UK Higher Education sector, and leading to new research work to extend our understanding of the value of OER.
Donald Clark shows how enabling public sector organisations to share the design, development and delivery of online training has resulted in savings to the public purse of £1,422,500.
In 2006 The Open University launched the OpenLearn site offering access to free and open resources from The Open University. The OpenLearn initiative is having a lasting impact in several ways: influencing actions in the University, attracting new actions in the UK Higher Education sector, and leading to new research work to extend our understanding of the value of OER.