Open content is an increasingly important area of educational development, however, previous work on the Open Learn project at the Open University had observed that the conversion of existing materials into open content is a challenging and potentially resource-intense endeavour.
We believed that learners at HEIs across England and the rest of the UK would benefit from more stand-alone educational resources designed for HE study that can be freely accessed. In addition the creation of new courses, whether campus-based or distance learning, would benefit from an enlarged pool of Open Content HE-level resources.
This Project investigated the potential of migrating open content approaches in a range of disciplines across a number of different higher education institutions. The project ran from November 2007 until March 2009 and was led by the University of Derby. The POCKET project partner institutions were the: University of Bolton, Open University and the University of Exeter.
This project was funded byJISC as part of their Repositories and Preservation Programme and there were a number of projects in this initial strand. Since the successful completion of the POCKET project in 2009, JISC have launched an Open Educational Resources Programme that aims to continue supporting the widespread release of Open Educational Resources.
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