People aren't going to like the fact that this report (31 page PDF, LinkedIn summary) is mostly authored by ChatGPT, but I urge readers to set aside this and to engage with the content, which makes some compelling points. The point of departure is, of course, the shutdown of the OER Foundation, which resulted from the centralization and commercial focus of New Zealand's polytechnic sector. But it also raises broader issues for OER, specifically: "OER fails when it is treated as an educational movement; it survives when treated as public infrastructure." Worse, the community failed to act on the warning signs because "OER advocates overestimated their proximity to power. They were influential in discourse, visible in policy documents, and respected internationally - but rarely decisive in budgetary or structural terms." Against all this, readers my want to contrast my own views dating from 2018, which ChatGPT did not consult.
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