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Germany missed the debatte on OER for the first 10 years. Now it seems that the country wants to catch up to the international discussions on the fast track. There have been more acitivities in the last 4 years than in the 10 years before all together.
There are political commitments on OER by the KMK (Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany) and by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). By the end of 2016 we are facing the first projects funded by a federal budget for OER. This includes institutions from the fields of formal and non-formal education, primary, secondary and higher education.
In 2013 and 2014 progress was driven by civil society and grassroots. After the first OERcamp, a barcamp on OER in 2012, in 2013 and 2014 there were several gatherings focussing on OER. Wikimedia Germany hosted the the first national conference on OER in 2013 followed by another one in 2014. This led to the launch of the “Bündnis freie Bildung” (Coalition for Open Education) led by the local chapters of Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikimedia. Now the political institutions are joining the discussions with – when it comes to the field of educations – reminds of lightning speed.
Is Germany really taking the fast track to OER? In this talk we will give an overview of the status quo of OER in Germany and we will identify key questions and crucial players for the near future.
