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OER Tertiary Education Network: Information pack for OER university Anchor Partners 

The OER Tertiary Education Network (OERTen) is an international innovation partnership of accredited universities, colleges and polytechnics collaborating on the adoption of open education approaches for selected projects.

The OERTen is co-ordinated by the OER Foundation, an independent educational charity that provides leadership, international networking and support for educators and educational institutions to achieve their objectives using open education approaches. The OER university (OERu) and the WikiEducator network of educators are flagship international initiatives of the OER Foundation.

This information pack provides a brief introduction for institutions who have joined our network. The document summarises how the network functions and includes suggestions on getting the most from your membership of the OER Foundation and the OER university initiative.

An open community model – Communication and collaboration technologies
The OER Foundation subscribes to a philosophy of “open philanthropy” which encourages transparency and international community collaboration. Project planning, processes and documentation are developed openly and transparently encouraging wide international participation and discussion on the OER university portal page in WikiEducator.

The following technologies are used to support communication and interaction.