To make Open Education Resources (OER) readily available, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Prof Asha Kanwar, has called for production of online learning materials by learners and even people outside the academic environment. In her keynote address at the International Conference on Open and Innovative Education in Hong Kong, Kanwar said global trends were moving in that direction.
http://thenationonlineng.net/expert-seeks-growth-of-open-resources/