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EDUCAUSE values sharing, collaboration, and open access to knowledge and resources, and thus supports technologies, applications, and approaches that foster openness. Embracing openness as a core value commits EDUCAUSE to helping both its institutional and corporate members engage the topic on a sustained basis, with the goal of maximizing the flexibility and creativity with which members can advance their missions.

To learn more about openness as a core value of EDUCAUSE, please review the following value statement

Articles

Open Governance in Higher Education: Extending the Past to the Future, EDUCAUSE Review, January/February 2011.
Openness is the theme of the July/August EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 45, no 4, 2010. Articles on open content, open access, OER and open faculty are all included in this issue.
Openness in Delivering Education and Content, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009.
EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, vol. 44, no. 1, January/February 2009 Openness themed issue of EDUCAUSE Review
What Is Openness, Anyway? EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, 2009.
Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2008.

Web Seminars and Podcasts

Openness: Decoupling the Future to Radically Improve Access to Education, EDUCAUSE Live!, October 10th, 2011.
The World Is Open: Now, WE ALL LEARN with Web Technology, ELI Annual Conference, January 21, 2010.
Incidental Openness: Exploring Stories of Education in the Open, ELI Annual Conference, January 21, 2010.
Throwing Open the Doors: Strategies and Implications for Open Access, EDUCAUSE Live!, October 13th, 2009.
Where Is the Open Education Movement Going?, EDUCAUSE Live!, May 19th, 2009.
Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge, EDUCAUSE Live!,October 17, 2008.

Discussion Resources

EDUCAUSE Openness Constituent Group - Discurssion list

Updated January 2012

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Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content: January 30, 2013

This UK report, commissioned by the Strategic Content Alliance and undertaken by Ithaka S+R, "Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content", tells of how …
The Cost and Quality of Online Open Textbooks: Perceptions of Community College Faculty and Students: February 4, 2013

Proponents of open educational resources (OER) claim that significant cost savings are possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the college classroom. We investigated st…
Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access: April 9, 2012

This UNESCO publication seeks to serve the needs of Open Access (OA) policy development at the government, institutional and funding agency level. The overall objective of the Policy Guide…
Temple U. Project Ditches Textbooks for Homemade Digital Alternative: February 8, 2012

"A pilot project at Temple University this fall gave 11 faculty members $1,000 each to create a digital alternative to a traditional textbook." …
Dramatically Bringing Down the Cost of Education with OER: How Open Education Resources Unlock the Door to Free Learning: February 7, 2012

This issue brief from the Center for American Progress and EDUCAUSE seeks to provide a substantive understanding of OER and at the same time inform the emerging public debate over their use in p…
FSU College of Medicine Open Educational Resources Task Force Final Report: September 21, 2010

This the Final report of the Florida State University College of Medicine (FSUCOM) Open Educational Resources Task Force. This report outlines the findings of the Task Force's investigati…
Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices: February 25, 2011

This report found that OER are more widely used where programs or initiatives for open resources exist at the institutional level. The lesser the fear, insecurity or discomfort towards OER, the h…
Who Needs Textbooks?: January 25, 2011

How Washington State is redesigning textbooks for the digital age. How Washington State is redesigning textbooks for the digital age. …
Free to Learn: An Open Educational Resources Policy Development Guidebook for Community College Governance Officials: October 4, 2010

Open Educational Resources (OER) offer higher education governance leaders a cost-efficient method of improving the quality of teaching and learning while at the same time reducing costs imposed …
A Cover to Cover Solution: How Open Textbooks are the Path to Textbook Affordability: September 30, 2010

This report evaluates cost-reducing options from the traditional textbook market - rentals, e-books and e-readers - and open textbooks as potential next steps to reduce the high cost of te…