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The OER Foundation contributed to an initiative led by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) in partnership with UNESCO and L’Université Numérique (The Digital University in France) to adapt the OERu’s Open education, copyright, and open licensing in a digital world (LiDA103) micro-course into French to support capacity development in OER for Francophone countries.

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The OER Foundation implemented its digital learning ecosystem in the Pacific region using cloud hosting services which cost only US$46 per month for the Commonwealth of Learning. Data generated from the inaugural Digital skills for OER Sharing course offered to 1540 Pacific school teachers indicates that the same infrastructure can support 10,000 learners, thus demonstrating the cost efficiencies Pacific nations can achieve by adopting cloud-based, Free and Open Source Software solutions.

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As a recipient of a 2021 Open Infrastructure Award for Excellence from Open Education Global, the OER Foundation has achieved international recognition for its Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) digital learning ecosystem.

The OER Foundation’s digital  learning ecosystem was recognised for the Open Infrastructure Award because it is:

1. scalable 
2. cost effective 
3. innovative
4. designed for collaboration 
5. suitable for use in developing countries

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Case studies on the context-appropriate implementation of an award winning open digital ecosystem including:

• Micro-credentials in New Zealand
• Course reuse for local credit in Papua New Guinea
• Branded remix of micro-course in South Africa
• Course hub and local forum integration in Canada
• Rapid digital skills development during COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
• French localisation in support of of the UNESCO OER Recommendation from Norway and France.

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March 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of an innovative approach to provide free, and open, media and information literacy education at the Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF).

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The Managing Director of the OER Foundation has gained international recognition for significant long standing contributions to Open Education with the announcement of the 2020 Leadership Award from Open Education Global.

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The New Zealand Centre for Open Education Practice is partnering with Otago Polytechnic to pilot a local version of the ‘Ontario Extend’ Professional Learning suite, before rolling it out nationally and internationally via the OERu. At December’s inaugural OER Symposium of the New Zealand Centre for Open Education Practice (COEP), Keynote Read more…

UNESCO will collaborate with the OERu and the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) to promote the delivery of five OER-based online micro-courses. Consistent with the UNESCO OER Recommendation, adopted by member states at the 40th General Conference in November 2019, these courses can be accessed for free. Read more…

During the current Covid-19 crisis, the OER Foundation (OERF) has had the opportunity to test the scalability of its OERu delivery platforms like never before. As well as leading the OER4Covid initiative alongside the Commonwealth of Learning, with 1,349 participants from 89 countries, the Foundation conducted a short online survey Read more…

Impressive growth in OERu registrations was primarily fuelled by the innovative reuse and remix of OERu courses by South African partners. These case studies provide viable strategic options for institutions seeking to respond rapidly to the challenges emerging in a post-covid world. Last year, the OERu commenced the phased roll-out Read more…