Two more items of news that may interest this list:

The Open Educational Resources conference will be in Newcastle in April and it has an open call for papers until November 22nd. http://oer14.org/ This is one of the focal points for the open education movement in the UK.

I gave a presentation and a stall there this year and my attendance was supported by Wikimedia UK: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/open-educational-resources-some-reflections-on-oer-13/