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£5.7m in the UK to fund Open Educational Resources pilot projects

According to this 15/10/2008 HEFCE press release:

"Students, academics and higher education institutions are to benefit from the combined experience and knowledge of educators throughout the country. An innovative project announced today will significantly increase access to educational resources across the higher education sector.

HEFCE has announced an initial £5.7 million of funding for pilot projects that will open up existing high-quality education resources from higher education institutions to the world.

The Higher Education Academy and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) will work in partnership to deliver the 12-month pilot projects. These will run at institutional, subject and individual level along with accompanying support services. The projects will be formally launched in April 2009."

The invitation to tender for this work will be issued in December 2008.

Posted on 15/10/2008 in News and comment |

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