The document summarizes the agenda and objectives for a meeting of the Open Education Resource University (OERu) partners held in November 2014 in Hobart, Tasmania. The meeting aims to review progress on 2014 priorities, discuss the 2015-2017 strategic plan, set key performance indicators for 2015, and develop proposals for implementing the next phase of consolidating OERu. It provides background on OERu as a collaboration of institutions committed to open educational resources and pathways for credit, and acknowledges supporters like Hewlett Foundation and Commonwealth of Learning.

1. Distinctively
open
Meeting of anchor partners
Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
University of Tasmania, Australia
November 6 - 7, 2014

3. Welcome
• OERu is an innovation partnership of like-minded
institutions committed to creating pathways for OER
learners to gain academic credit through the formal
education system.

4. Lightweight scaffolding
• “All you need is an internet
connection, and you can study with
us – no matter where you live!
• Study online for free, using open
educational resources.
• Get your study credited towards an
academic qualification, while
paying significantly reduced fees.”
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5. Our meetings
• Agendas for the two days of meetings in Hobart,
Tasmania have been published online
• Meetings are being conducted in the Australian
Eastern time zone (UTC+10:00) and are being
live streamed via the web
• Twitter can used for real time commentary or
questions using #oeru hashtag

6. Our structure
• The Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) is an
independent, not-for-profit organization that provides
leadership, international networking and support to
education institutions to achieve their strategic
objectives through open education.
• OERu is the flagship project of the Foundation

7. OERF board members
• Robin Day of Otago Polytechnic is Board Chair, but is unable
attend these meetings and sends regrets
• Rory McGreal and Wayne Macintosh are OERF board members
present at the planning meetings in Hobart
• Emeritus Professor Jim Taylor sends regrets. We’d like to thank
Jim for his thought leadership and tireless support for the OERu
initiative and his mentorship in the development of the evergreen
strategic plan

8. Our supporters
• The Open Education Resource Foundation gratefully acknowledges the
support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for the courage to
support a bold concept which is now achieving critical mass
• We also acknowledge support from the Commonwealth of Learning (COL).
Wayne Mackintosh is a COL-UNESCO-ICDE Chair on Open Educational
Resources

9. Objectives for today
• Welcome participants to Australia and the
University of Tasmania
• Articulate the aims of the 3rd meeting of
partners
• Get to know the OERu family
• Recap the OERu journey

10. Aims of the meeting
• Review progress on the 2014 operational priorities
• Review the OERu Strategic Plan 2015 - 2017
• Calibrate key performance indicators for the 2015 operational
priorities
• Develop proposals for action for the implementation of the OERu
consolidation phase.
• Identify issues for tabling at the meeting of the OERu Council of
Chief Executive Officers that will be held in Sydney at the
University of Wollongong Business School on November 10, 2014

11. Design principles
• This is not a conference – it is an open implementation
planning meeting which will change the lives of
students currently excluded from the formal post-secondary
education sector worldwide.
• The meeting is designed to take the form of a strategic
planning sprint aimed at producing outputs in a short
time utilising the diverse experiences of attendees.
• Using open methodologies, proposals for action are
refined transparently after the meeting.

12. Design principles for the meeting
• Build on our OERu decisions, work done to date and inputs
from the OERu 2014 Annual Report.
• OERu partners have decision-making autonomy regarding the
agenda and implementation decisions.
• Focus on decisions for the 2015 OERu action plan - hence the
emphasis on progressing the consolidation phase of the OERu
implementation.
• Identify strategic issues for the medium and long term - but
avoid the temptation of trying to solve all problems at this
meeting.

13. Introductions
• Please introduce yourselves to
meeting participants and share your
wish for OERu's next phase of
development