Open.Michigan promotes open content licensing and supports the reuse, redistribution, and remixing of educational materials for use by others worldwide.
[2] In 2008, a planning grant award from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation supported U-M's work to hold a workshop in Ghana and develop a proof-of-concept effort for converting health education materials to OER.
[4] This process uses students, acting as dScribes, and faculty working together to gather, review, and publish learning materials.
The process begins with CTools, the University of Michigan's implementation of the Sakai CLE (Collaboration and Learning Environment).
OERca also serves as a processing tool for managing content copyright status and tracking student-faculty interactions.