The battle for open/Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
The discussions around openness in its various forms take place in many different forums and with people who have different priorities. The following have been particularly influential in shaping my thoughts in this area, in providing feedback on blog posts and engaging in conversation both online and face to face.
At the Open University, the OER Research Hub team have provided much of the basis for this work, so my thanks go to Patrick McAndrew, Rob Farrow, Leigh-Anne Perryman, Bea de os Arcos, Beck Pitt, Claire Walker, Simone Arthur, Natalie Eggleston, Gary Elliott-Cirigottis and Martin Hawksey.
Those in the UK who have been influential in many of the arguments in this book include David Kernohan, Sheila MacNeill, Richard Hall, Josie Fraser, Joss Winn, Doug Clow, Katy Jordan and Cristina Costa.
I am fortunate to have a global network of peers and friends who regularly leave me feeling inadequate with the insight they bring to many topics; these include Audrey Watters, Brian Lamb, Jim Groom, Bonnie Stewart, Dave Cormier, Laura Pasquini, George Veletsianos, Michael Feldstein, Phil Hill, Valerie Irvine, Mike Caulfield, Cable Green, Alan Levine, Catherine Cronin, Alec Couros and Wayne Mackintosh.
This book draws on much of the work of the OER Research Hub which was funded through the generous support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and I would like to offer my thanks to them, in particular Kathy Nicholson, TJ Bliss and Barbara Chow. The opinions expressed herein are my own, however, and should not be interpreted as the views of any particular organisation.