Do you need to explain what open educational resources (OER) or practices (OEP) are about to faculty or fellow information professionals? Are you developing institutional policies regarding open education? This concise series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) will provide you with background, examples, and places to find additional information. —Joan Lippincott, CNI ———————————————

Just a quick note that the ELI has just completed a three-part series in its 7 Things publication. The series is about open education, and the three issues cover content, practices, and policies. Composed with the help of a terrific set of subject matter experts, it is our hope that this series can provide a point of departure for conversations about all aspects of open education.

The issues are:

Open Education: Content

Open Education: Practices

Open Education: Policies

As always, the 7 Things issues are freely available to all.

Malcolm Brown Director of Learning Initiatives

EDUCAUSE Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good 282 Century Place, Suite 5000, Louisville CO 80027 direct: 720-406-6745 mbrown@educause.edu mbrown@educause.edu

Joan K. Lippincott, Ph.D. Associate Executive Director Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-5098 202-872-0886 (Fax) joan@cni.org www.cni.org/mailto:mbrown@educause.edu