A study in OERu course creation. In the current technology-enhanced world, there’s an assumption that most everyone is comfortable with, and capable of online learning. While the ubiquity of digital communication, automated assistance, and constant connectivity supports this assumption, the reality is that many people around the world, from all Read more…
To boost capacity for the OERu’s community source model, the OER Foundation today announced the appointment of Dave Lane as its new Open Source Technologist. Mr Lane is currently the President of the New Zealand Open Source Society and brings 21 years of open source development and leadership experience to Read more…
The Open Education Global Conference 2015 (OEGlobal) was hosted by OERu partner, Athabasca University in beautiful Banff, Alberta, Canada from 22-24 April, 2015. A number of OERu projects were featured on the conference agenda in addition to the meeting of the UNESCO OER Chairs. The OEGlobal conference was preceded by a full Read more…
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) student, Michelle Aragon had a study abroad experience without ever leaving home— and made history to boot, becoming the first student to receive academic credit for completing a course through the OERu. TRU is a founding anchor partner of OERu, a growing network of 35 post-secondary institutions Read more…
Last November, OERu launched in partnership with institutions worldwide, and the promise of an open higher education accessible to all. But how will it actually work? One way is to offer portions of existing for-credit courses at member institutions as a micro-Open Online Course, or mOOC. Last year the University Read more…
To better reflect the developing nature of the OERu collaboration, The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation Board of Directors has amended the name of the OERu network to operate as the OER universitas (OERu). This change applies to all current and previous references that relate to the OERu. The OERu Read more…
Two of the world’s leading international education agencies have presented Otago Polytechnic and the OER Foundation with a prestigious appointment in recognition of its leading-edge development in the tertiary education sector. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) have appointed Open Education Read more…
Innovative education system to revolutionise tertiary learning You can study world-class courses for free and count them towards real qualifications. This is the future of tertiary learning with the launch of the Open Education Resource university (OERu), due to be unveiled on November 1, 2013. The OERu will provide more Read more…
The OER Foundation hosted a strategic international planning meeting for the OER for assessment and credit for students project at Otago Polytechnic on 23 February 2011 in Dunedin. New Zealand. The project aims to provide flexible pathways for learners from across the globe who have accessed open education courses to Read more…
The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation was officially launched on 17 September 2009 by Dr Robin Day, Chair of the board of Directors of the OER Foundation. The OER Foundation is a new not-for-profit organisation that will assist education institutions in New Zealand and around the world to reduce costs Read more…