OER for Assessment and Credit for Students/News and announcements

Towards an OER university: Free learning for all students worldwide. UNESCO and the OER Foundation announce a strategic international meeting to be hosted in Dunedin on 23 February to commence planning for the provision of free learning to all students worldwide. Support from UNESCO to stream the meeting will allow the participation of education leaders from around the globe. Read more ...

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UNESCO will sponsor a live web stream of the planning meeting. Register now as a remote participant, download the poster and spread the word among colleagues and friends. Let's build sustainable OER futures together!

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International media

• Online university discussions begin., Samoa observer, 26 February 2011.
• New uni to bring classes to the masses, Northern Weekly, Melbourne, Australia. 21 February 2011.
• Channel 9 News, Dunedin, New Zealand. 21 February 2011.
• University of Southern Queensland plan for free online university, The Australian, 16 February 2011.
• Plan for online university, Otago Daily Times, 12 February 2011.
• From where I sit: Everyone wins in this free for all. Times Higher Education, London, 10 February 2011.
• OER university to cut cost of degree, in Times Higher Education, London, 10 February 2011.
• Designing assessment and credit pathways for open education learners, Creative Commons, 9 February 2011.
• Towards an OER university: Free learning for all students worldwide, UNESCO press release, 8 February 2011.

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