Team: Angela DeBarger, Ben Vershbow, Brianna Schofield, James Glapa-Grossklag, Philipp Schmidt, Richard Sebastian

Key Questions

• Open learning for whom?
• How do we create more equitable systems for publishing and participation in research and curriculum so that more voices and perspectives can be shared?
• How do bridge awareness gaps among higher education institutions that represent different sectors and content users/producers?
• How do we portray ourselves as part of the reform movement in higher education, so that when institutions/funders prioritize equity/teaching & learning, etc., they can point to this work in open learning? How do we describe open as a mechanism to address needs and priorities of education systems?
• Access to what? We have always assumed access to content. What about access to people, institutions, teaching practices, experiences?
• How do we develop accessible learning resources that meet the needs of every student?

Who’s here?

• Research libraries
• Elite institutions
• Organizations that lead and support key open networks
• Funders

Who’s missing?

• Learners- formal and nonformal
• Faculty
• Public libraries
• Non-elite institutions
• Middle and south US
• Global maybe - but will require a much larger working group
• Students from CSU and CCCs
• National Federation for the Blind
• National Federation of the Deaf
• Inclusive Design Research Centre

Potential Work Products and Project Ideas (define/evolve in consultation with missing participants and find out what is valuable to them)

• Open to coming up with concrete projects that reflect the issues highlighted in this working group ... 
• Learning circles at community libraries to bridge the gap from nonformal to formal education