Yes it is although OpenLearn has long had personal statements of activity that can be used in APEL/RPL courses of as evidence of professional development while various MOOCS plus OERuniversity are also into credentialing of 'open study of OER'.
Andy
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On 19 Dec 2011, at 21:34, "Fred Riley" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> MIT takes OER in a new direction
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>> http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/mitx-education-initiative-1219.html
>> and http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/mitx-faq-1219.html
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> At the risk of over-posting, another thought's occurred to me. Is this not what OU OpenLearn is doing with its Learning Spaces programme, minus the assessment bit?
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