OER university/Information pack for new OERTen members

About the OER Tertiary Education Network (OERTen)
The OER Tertiary Education Network (OERTen) is an international innovation partnership of accredited universities, colleges and polytechnics collaborating on the implementation of the OER university concept.

The OERTen is coordinated 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.

OERTen members are silver or gold contributing partners of the OER Foundation and participate in the decision-making for the implementation of the OER university initiative.

Getting started
Content coming soon, should cover:


 * Creating accounts on the different platforms
 * Marketing -- press releases about membership and how the OER Foundation profiles organisational membership internationally
 * International communication -- i.e. appraising management and staff about the project

Communication and collaboration technologies
The OER Foundation subscribes to a philosophy of “open philanthropy” which encourages transparency and international community collaboration. We use the following technologies to support communication and collaboration:


 * 1) Public OER university discussion list
 * 2) WikiEducator for collaborative planning and development of project documentation
 * 3) Personal social media.