OERu from vision to reality witthaus

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Education

The OER university: from vision to reality
By Gabi Witthaus

For Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly
Collaborating to Enhance Education 18/04/2012

TOUCANS: Testing the OERu Concept
and Aspirations: A National Study

www.toucansproject.wordpress.com

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Tim Sträter

How do you teach 100 million
people?

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OERu Anchor Partners

Plus two accredited institutions… watch this space

http://wikieducator.org/Oeru

What is the OERu?
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Local
assessment
and
credentialling

Friesen & Murray, 2011: http://tinyurl.com/openlearning2-0

This is… “Open Learning 2.0”: … Any
student can study any content, supported
in any number of instructional
arrangements… The “local” institutional
evaluation and accreditation… (remain)
at the centre of the model… Even though
learning is achieved through flexible
arrangements, it can… still be rigorously
assessed and credentialed. (Friesen and
Murray, 2011)
http://tinyurl.com/openlearning2-0

http://wikieducator.org/File:OER-University-concept.png

Cost to learner:

Less than 25% of usual fees

Cost to institution:

OERu - less than 0.5% of their total offerings

Accreditation and credit transfer?

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But will it work for the learners?

Help!!!!!

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Volunteers to the rescue?
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Many thanks to the following people for their generous sharing of information:

•Prof. Terry Anderson (Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education,
Athabasca University, Canada)
•Dr Elizabeth Archer (Specialist: Institutional Research at the University of South Africa)
•Kevin Bell (Innovation Team: Leader of Learning and Development, Southern New
Hampshire University, USA)
•David Bull (Director: University Preparatory Programs, University of Southern
Queensland, Australia)
•Irwin DeVries (Director, Instructional Design, Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
•Vasi Doncheva (Flexible Learning Manager, Northtec Polytechnic, New Zealand)
•Wayne Mackintosh (Director: International Centre for Open Education, Otago
Polytechnic, New Zealand, and Founding Director of the OER Foundation)
•Prof. Rory McGreal (Associate Vice-President, Athabasca University, Canada)
•Prof. Joyce McKnight (Associate Professor, State University of New York/ Empire
State College, USA. Speaking in her personal capacity as a scholar.)
•Terry Neal (Flexible Learning Manager, Open Polytechnic, New Zealand)
•Paul Stacey (Director, Curriculum Development, BC Campus, Canada)
•Herbert Thomas (Electronic Learning Media Team Leader, Canterbury University, New
Zealand)
•Prof. Sandra Wills (Executive Director, Learning and Teaching, Wollongong University,
Australia)

Thanks also to Dr Patrick McAndrew at the Open University and colleagues at the
University of Leicester, especially Dr Ming Nie and Dr Alejandro Armellini, for their
support in this research.

Please continue the
conversation on the blog…

www.toucansproject.wordpress.com

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