Stephen Downes

It is truly a disappointment to read that Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) and its services are being terminated. Reading the note, it really feels like it was killed rather than starved - funding was withdrawn, but in such a way that there was no way for the organization to try to find alternative funding (now I could be wildly misreading this; that's just how it comes across to me). "The OER Foundation maintains an extensive Free and Open Source Software technology infrastructure, specifically 48 instances of 32 different web application services in support of its charitable mission, operating across eleven servers (one physical and 10 virtual) located in Germany and the United States. Web traffic data shows that this infrastructure supports in excess of 140 million unique visitors from over 120 different countries a year." Staff have a week to find new jobs. Image: Alan Levine.