The Open University of the Netherlands has adopted several open educational practices and initiatives since 2006, including OpenER, Wikiwijs, the Networked Open Polytechnic, and the Free Technology Academy. OpenER offers open online courses derived from university programs and has attracted over 1 million visitors. Wikiwijs aims to improve access to open and closed educational resources. The Networked Open Polytechnic explores an open business model for lifelong learning. The Free Technology Academy provides open online master's course modules in information technology.

1. Open Educational Practices and the Open University in The Netherlands Ben Janssen March, 24, 2011

3. 2007 OCW initiative of University of Technology Delft

4. 2008 Decision to build OUNL strategy on OER

5. 2009 start of the Dutch national project Wikiwijs

6. Start of Networked Open Polytechnic

7. 2010 start of OpenU

8. 2010 start of Free Technology Academy2

10. widening and increasing participation in Higher Education3

12. By means of a ‘portal of temptation’ to HE

13. In order to bridge informal learning and formal education

14. And offering official examination options (earning Bachelor credits)4

16. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

18. More than 1,250,000 visitors

19. 12% of visitors return

20. 25 courses online (4 – 45 hours per course)

21. Costs for creation of OER: €3,000 - €30,000

22. 10% of students who registered for an OUNL course reported to be influenced in their decision by OpenER6

25. work with Spinoza Premium laureates

27. improve access to both open and ‘closed’ digital learning materials

28. support teachers in arranging their own learning materials and professionalization

29. increase teacher involvement in development and use of OER

30. extend options for customized education

32. a Referatoryto digital educational resources:

33. open and closed

34. free access and access to be paid for

35. public and commercial

36. easy to use arrangement and development tools for teachers / professors

39. Major NOP characteristics:

40. Open Educational Resources (CC-BY-SA)

41. modularity

42. assessment of prior learning (APL)

43. workplace learning

44. learning communities

45. regional offering in national infrastructure

47. Universidad Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

48. University of Agder (UiA) Norway

50. for IT professionals, students, teachers and decision makers

51. on Free Software & Open Standards

53. Tuition takes place online in the FTA virtual campus and is performed by teaching staff from the partner universities

54. Credits obtained in the FTA program are recognized by the participating universities

56. Robert Schuwer on OpenER and Wikiwijs (robert.schuwer@ou.nl)