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This week 185 participants came together in London for the OER17: The Politics of Open conference and many more participated online.  OER17 presented an opportunity for open practitioners, activists, educators and policy makers to come together as a community to reflect on ‘The Politics of Open’. We asked what are our current key challenges and strengths – locally, nationally, and  internationally? What are our priorities – in terms of political governance, organisational and personal politics? What are the changes that we want to effect together?

This year we celebrate a special Open Education Week 27-30 March in the Year of Open. All across our community of Members and beyond we come together to advocate for openness in Education and the important role Learning Technology can play in supporting it.

The recently launched ALT Strategy for 2017-2020 sets out openness as one of the core values of our Members and it also includes as one of the three strategic aims to ‘increase the impact of Learning Technology for public benefit’.

The #OER17 conference takes place in London on 5-6 April, it provides an ideal opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about open resources, policy and practice to connect with experts and enthusiasts. We welcome delegates from all sectors to come and share knowledge and experiences, network and learn. In the run up to the conference and during Open Education Week the Open Education SIG is organising a range of activities.