Building a UK OER movement webinar

Join colleagues from across the UK to discuss building a movement to drive forward to the development and uptake of OERs in the UK. Led by Dominic Broadhurst from Salford and David Beales from Brunel, and joined by colleagues from the Open Education Network, this event will look at how we can work together to build on the strong commitment of UK libraries through the development of an active community of practice.

The UK library community has a clear interest in the development of sustainable open solutions including OER and open source textbooks, not least to help address the widespread pricing and supply issues we are all facing in the UK textbook and e-textbook space.  Member libraries have expressed its desire to explore routes to the development of OERs, including through diverting financial resource from current commercial provision to driving more open sustainable options, ideally through partnerships and cross working across our sector. The proposed community of practice would provide a focus for us to explore a range of joint initiatives in the Open Source/OER/Open Pedagogy space bringing together HE libraries who have a real passion and commitment to deliver change for our students, academic colleagues, and institutions.

Speakers include:

• David Beales, University Librarian and Assistant Director Student and Academic Services, Brunel University
• Dominic Broadhurst, Head of Content & Discovery at The University of Salford
• Dave Ernst, Executive Director, Open Education Network
• Barb Thees, Director of Community Engagement, Open Education Network
  

The webinar will take place on 24 March 2025 from 11am - 12.30pm, email sconul@sconul.ac.uk for registration details.