Dear Paul

Thanks for sharing this. It is good to see that there are government institutions taking OER provision seriously, and are deliberately embarking on jointly developing OER resources . In our African contexts ( where I reside), there seems to be upsurges and interest of uptakes of OERs initially, after which this interest subsides once the "what's in it for me" syndrome fades.

In Africa, we need affordable, relevant and well-written textbooks and resources for our further education and higher education students. if we are going to improve the quality of these students' learning experiences.

I am going that we will all learn from this initiative at is grows.

Kind regards

Rita

On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Paul Stacey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

OER Colleagues:

Thought you all will find this of interest.

Here in Canada there has been an effort underway for some time to generate inter-provincial agreements around development and use of OER and open textbooks.

The Premiers of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan (the three most western provinces) have released a Memorandum of Understanding on Open Education Resources, which will see the three provinces work together to make higher education more affordable by developing Open Education Resources within their advanced education sectors.

While the statement of purpose in the MOU is rather general there will be follow-on announcements that detail more specific commitments and funding.

Interesting model of collaboration and one I see a lot of potential for others to adopt.

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Paul Stacey
Associate Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons
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