Sylla
year in review

“We envision a world where teaching is unrestricted, enabled by open resources, enriched by technology, and built with the community.”

Making  Our   Vision   a   Reality

2025

Together with libraries and educators, we have further developed the Sylla platform that enables universities and colleges to transition towards a more open, and engaging way of teaching for all.

Driven by technology and built with the community.

This year, Sylla grew in scale, impact, and capability, supporting more libraries, educators and learners than ever before.

Amplifying
the reach of open content (OA & OER) worldwide

Over 30,000 OA materials and OER to power your curriculum

...easily matched to your reading list, course catalogue or bookstore data

One
streamlined workflow for classroom
adoption

Over
100,000
textbooks & courses
mapped to
OER alternatives

Resulting in...

hundreds
of courses
now powered by
OER

Impact at scale

Hundreds

of faculty supported

Thousands

of students reached across partner institutions

Millions

in savings for libraries and students

Trusted by leading universities and colleges

A growing community of partners

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“The transition to OER presented its challenges; however, Sylla has been the catalyst that accelerated our progression toward a sustainable, student-centred model. Supported by an institution-wide campaign, the shift has been smoother than anticipated, met with less resistance, and has delivered a significantly greater impact than expected.”
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Dal Badesha
Head of Learning Resources
and Student Experience
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When students can access the resources they need without having to choose between textbooks and basic necessities, we create an environment where academic success is determined by effort and ability, rather than economic circumstances.


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Trevor Dawes
Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian, University of Delaware
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Following a successful pilot, I look forward to collaborating further with Sylla. I’m excited to explore the opportunity to operationalise Sylla to automate OER identification, and to inform development that I believe will help accelerate our move towards open educational practices and resources.

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Danielle Johnson
Director, Library Services
Deakin University
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New features that made a difference

Streamlined course creation

Users can create a new course in Sylla just by uploading a syllabus or course outline so they can spend less time manually entering information and more time discovering relevant OERs.

Community Adoptions

Stand on the shoulders of giants and discover adoptions from peer
institutions and academics who have switched to OER already for their 
textbooks and courses, and find your own starting point from this low-hanging fruit.

PDF Preview Reader

Instant in-browser previews of OER and course materials to simplify
review and comparison.

New faces

This year the Sylla team expanded

Sebastiao Andrade

Full Stack
& Devops Engineer

Sue
Hodgson

VP Content

Catherine Anderson

Senior Sales Manager

Jonathan Sciandra

Customer Success
and Product Specialist

Renato Ferreira

Full Stack Engineer

Alan
Hyndman

Marketing Manager

Highlights of the year

⭐ Charleston Premiers winners ⭐

Here’s to 2026!

Thank you to our:
🤝  partners,    
     educators,  👩‍🏫
📚  librarians,    
 students  🎓
🙌  and supporters

Together, we’re making teaching unrestricted and learning accessible for all.