This is the handout for the presentation given in the HEA OER Series event on Digital Literacies and Open Educational Practice held at the University of Southampton. 7th of November 2012. It was organised by LLAS.

This powerpoint was given by Kate Borthwick and Alison Dickens at an HEA OER workshop, on 7th November, 2012, at the University of Southampton. It outlines the work of LLAS and the language educator community in the area of open practice, and describes an evolution from a focus on technical issues to benefits of open practice, to open research and students-as-producers of open content.