OER Universitas
Open Educational Resource (OER) University is a collaboration of post-secondary educational institutions with the aim of providing opportunities to learn from open educational resources and gain credit at costs lower than traditional degrees.[1] The conceptual framework underpinning the OER University creates a structure whereby students who are ordinarily shut out from traditional higher education may engage in free learning, and receive formal accreditation from participating universities. [2]
Founding Anchor Partners
The founding anchor partners of the OER University are: Athabasca University (Canada), BAOU (Gujarat's Open University, India), Empire State College (SUNY, USA) Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (Australia), NorthTec Open Polytechnic (Australia), Otago Polytechnic (Australia), Southern New Hampshire University (USA), Thompson Rivers University (Canada), University of Canterbury (Australia), University of South Africa (South Africa), University of Southern Queensland (Australia), University of Wollongong (Australia), OER Foundation (non-teaching), and BCcampus (Canada, non-teaching).[3]
References
- ^ Murphy, Angela (2012) Benchmarking open educational practices in higher education. In: ASCILITE 2012: 29th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Future Challenges, Sustainable Futures, 25-28 Nov 2012, Wellington, New Zealand.
- ^ Taylor, J. C. 2007. Open courseware futures: creating a parallel universe. e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology (e-JIST), 10(1).
- ^ http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home