Resources Beyond Content for Open Education

While many innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) have emerged over the last two decades, the uptake of these innovations has not always been very successful, particularly in schools. The transition from proof of concept to integration into learning activities has been recognized as a bottleneck for quite some time. This major problem, which is affecting many TEL stakeholders, is the focus of the 4-year iTEC project that is developing a comprehensive approach involving 15 ministries of education and is organizing a large scale validator with more than a thousand classrooms. This chapter reports on how the information provision on events of interest in learning as well as on persons that can contribute to learning activities, supports novel scenarios and is key for the introduction of open education in the K12 education.