Cathy Casserly links us to the wiki proposal for the Open Participatory Learning Research Network (OPRN), a proposed global network of open educational resource (OER) producers and users. The Open University and Carnegie Mellon University began this proposal to foster research in the design and use of OERs.
The OPLRN aims to be a global network of OER producers and users as participatory researchers who share designs, methodologies and evidence for evaluating the effectiveness of OERs in increasing and equitably distributing knowledge.