# Open Educational Resources - CETIS Briefing Paper

![](http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/common/images/jisc-cetis_logo.png) Previously on NewsFeed we've announced the [£5.7 million Academy/JISC project which will pilot the opening up of educational resources](http://scottish-rscs.org.uk/newsfeed/?p=2536). Invitation to tender for this funding strand will be announced in December. To get the gray cells ticking over [CETIS](www.cetis.ac.uk) have published a Open Educational Resources Briefing Paper. The paper includes:

- **Discussion on the conceptual and contextual issues of Open Educational Resources** - this includes looking at the origins of OER as well as the drivers/enablers and inhibitors of the OER movement.
- **A review of current OER initiatives: their scale, approaches, main issues and challenges** - as well as identifying the main OER initiatives, different models of funding and structure are presented as well as outcomes and lessons learned.
- **Discussion on trends emerging in Open Educational Resources, with respect to future research and activities** - this section is structured around three themes: policy; social, cultural and pedagogy; and technical.
 
[Click here for the full 'Open Educational Resources – Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education' paper](http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/images/0/0b/OER_Briefing_Paper.pdf) \[34 page PDF\]

\[Related: Here's a post on [how to search 250 OER repositories using a custom Google search](http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.org.uk/mashe/2008/07/searchable-opencourseware-ocw-and-open-educational-resources-oer/).\]