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5 Things you should know about the OER university network plan | Founding anchor partner statements

Who we are

The Open Educational Resource (OER) university is a virtual collaboration of like-minded institutions committed to creating flexible pathways for OER learners to gain formal academic credit.

The OER university aims to provide free learning to all students worldwide using OER learning materials with pathways to gain credible qualifications from recognised education institutions. It is rooted in the community service and outreach mission to develop a parallel learning universe to augment and add value to traditional delivery systems in post-secondary education. Through the community service mission of participating institutions we will open pathways for OER learners to earn formal academic credit and pay reduced fees for assessment and credit.

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What we do

Aims

Directed by the core principles of engagement the OER university collaboration:

Will design and implement a parallel learning universe to provide free learning opportunities for all students worldwide with pathways to earn credible post-secondary credentials.
Offer courses and programs based solely on OER and open textbooks.
Design and implement scalable pedagogies appropriate for the OER university concept.
Will implement scalable systems of volunteer student support through community service learning approaches.
Coordinate assessment and credentialising services on a cost recovery basis for participating education institutions to ensure credible qualifications and corresponding course articulation among anchor partners.

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Anchor partners

Founding anchor partners

Athabasca University

BAOU (Gujarat's open university)

Empire State College (SUNY)

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

NorthTec

Open Polytechnic

Otago Polytechnic

Southern New Hampshire University

Thompson Rivers University

University of Canterbury

University of South Africa

University of Southern Queensland

University of Wollongong

OER Foundation (non-teaching)

BCcampus (non-teaching)

See: Founding anchor partner statements

Anchor partners

Excelsior College

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Open University of Catalonia

Thomas Edison State College

Unitec Institute of Technology

University of Glamorgan

University of the South Pacific

Wintec

Sponsors

Commonwealth of Learning

UNESCO, Pacific States

List of anchor partners and sponsors

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Blogs about #oeru

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Powering up with POERUP - a questionnaire about OER (April 30, 2013 15:00)
European Commission launches its new Rethinking Education strategy (November 27, 2012 10:36)
UOW eLearning Forum: Open UOW: Who is in the open & how do we join them? (August 12, 2012 22:53)
2012 OER Paris Declaration (June 23, 2012 08:42)
OERu share solutions for Education for All at UNESCO World OER Congress (June 19, 2012 11:01)
Open content licensing for educators (OCL4Ed 2012); free online workshop (May 15, 2012 18:08)
Open Education; need of the hour (January 25, 2012 20:30)
Resolutions for 2012 (December 31, 2011 12:49)
How open was 2011? (December 10, 2011 16:53)
OERu anchor partner and stakeholder meeting; prototype courses in 2012 (November 17, 2011 19:36)

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News

December 2012
	Wintec becomes an anchor partner.
November 2012
	Kwantlen Polytechnic University becomes an anchor partner.
	Unitec Institute of Technology becomes an anchor partner.
September 2012
	Excelsior College becomes an anchor partner. Read more...
	University of Glamorgan becomes the first UK anchor partner.
August 2012
	Thomas Edison State College becomes an anchor partner. Read more...
July 2012
	The University of the South Pacific becomes an anchor partner.