The Long-Awaited Breakthrough?

Abstract

MERLOT Annual Conference, The Long-Awaited Breakthrough? 26 July 2005, Nashville, TN, USA By: Sir John Daniel, Paul West (Commonwealth of Learning), Susan D'Antoni (UNESCO-IIEP) and Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić (UNESCO) // I have entitled this keynote address The Long-Awaited Breakthrough because I believe that the combination of rapidly increasing connectivity across the world and the emergence of the concept of re-usable learning objects - specifically open educational resources - have tremendously hopeful implications for humankind.