COLEG

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COLEG, short for the Colleges Open Learning Exchange Group,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtpcAgAAQBAJ|title=The Routledge Encyclopaedia of UK Education, Training and Employment: From the Earliest Statutes to the Present Day|last=Wilson|first=John P.|date=2013-12-16|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317796527|language=en}} was a Scottish charity organization established in January 1995[http://www.gov.scot/resource/doc/180877/0051338.pdf Transforming Lives, Transforming Scotland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911161358/http://www.gov.scot/resource/doc/180877/0051338.pdf |date=2016-09-11 }}: An Overview by the Review’s ‘Core Group’, Scottish Governmental Publication, June 2007 to facilitate the generation, exchange and use of flexible learning materials. It was formally incorporated in 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.duedil.com/company/SC191009/colleges-open-learning-exchange-group|title=Colleges Open Learning Exchange Group {{!}} DueDil|website=www.duedil.com|access-date=2016-08-31}} It was subsumed into other projects in 2009. While not an Open Educational Resources organization, it provided early sharing of electronic resources between different institutions. It was merged into the Scotland's Colleges project in 2009,{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12503018.Scotland___s_colleges_chief_quits_after_row_with_board/|title=Scotland's colleges chief quits after row with board|website=Herald Scotland|date=25 August 2009 |access-date=2016-08-31}} and ultimately into the rebranded Colleges Development Network.