Teacher’s Domain is an online repository of multimedia open education resources launched by
WGBH in 2002. This case study examines the successes and challenges involved in developing an open
content model using public multimedia archives. Specifically, this case study seeks to shed light on the
process of shifting public media archival content from a proprietary licensing model to an open
educational resource model, and to explore the impact of these activities, specifically in terms of how
teachers are using and working with the newly developed Teachers’ Domain resources within the