OER Project

OER Project is a non-profit open educational resources provider co-founded in 2011 by Bill Gates and David Christian.

"[3] After Gates and Christian met to discuss the lectures, the genesis of the Big History Project occurred.

[4] They founded the project, and developed a team to achieve their stated goal, "to get Big History taught to as many students around the world as possible".

[6] David Christian presented an 18-minute lecture outlining big history and the intention of creating a global online delivery of a classroom-tested course aimed at 9th grade students.

OER Project has subsequently added a variety of history and climate education courses and announced in 2022 that over one million students had accessed its materials during its first decade in operation.