EDU11: Open Resources: The Need for Integration

Over the past 10 years or so there has been a growing, and inexorable, movement toward making scholarly and academic resources openly available. Within IT this first appeared in open-source software and the developments, mostly within higher education, of open standards as a basis for interoperability, with the Internet being the most far-reaching example of this trend. Openness has been a powerful driver for beneficial business and societal improvements.

In this session, Malcolm Read, Executive Secretary for the Join Information Systems Committee (JISC), explains how properly organized open resources can underpin online learning for both private and public education and "leisure" learning.