Editorial – Volume 16, Issue Number 2

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Happy April to all! In much of Canada, this is the early part of a long-awaited spring, so a time for celebration and getting ready for gardens. I joined other OER aficionados recently at the Open Education Global Conference 2015, held April 22 to 24 in beautiful Banff, Alberta, where 250 delegates attended from around the world. Congratulations to my co-editor, Rory McGreal, and to Athabasca University for making this gathering a success. Having just returned from the conference, I am feeling inspired about OERs and what they can bring to our educational future. One of the questions raised there was: “Can OER help to mediate a position of improved safety and growth for displaced persons and refugees around the world?” On that note, let’s start this spring issue of IRRODL with our OER contributions and then move to their close cousin-topics, MOOCS and mobile learning.