OER in the Dutch Educational Landscape - the role of the government, SURF and Wikiwijs
Channel: SURF Cooperation
Date: 16/10/2012

All over the world, higher education institutions are increasingly offering open access to their educational resources. There has been an explosive rise in the use of platforms such as iTunes U and YouTube EDU for learning resources and Coursera for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Dutch higher education institutions are also moving forward with Open Educational Resources (OER), i.e. learning materials that are freely available online for use or reuse. They have, for example, published open courseware, and open web lectures and participation in iTunes U are gaining ground. The thinking regarding OER and their development is in transition, and many higher education institutions are currently developing a "vision" and specific policy regarding OER. That has been shown by a research report -- OER in the Dutch Educational Landscape -- produced by the Dutch Open University on behalf of Wikiwijs and SURF. The report surveyed the current status of OER in the Dutch higher education sector.

In a video interview, members of the Executive Boards of four Dutch higher education institutions share their vision on OER.