OERu/Strategic plan 2014 - 2017/Strategic plan 2015 - 2017/Strategic plan/Overview

Overview

The implementation of the OERu is structured according to the following three distinct phases:

1. Prototyping (2012 – 2013). At the 1st Meeting of Founding OERu Anchor Partners hosted at Otago Polytechnic in November 2011, the network agreed to develop three prototype courses to inform planning and decision-making in preparation for the launch meeting at Thompson Rivers University in October and November 2013.
2. Developing the OERu Programme of Study (2014 – 2016). During this phase the network will focus on assembling courses for a coherent programme of study leading to a Bachelor of General Studies including supporting technologies and associated processes for efficient course design and delivery.
3. Scalable implementation (2017 – ). Expanding the OERu programme of study to support mainstream integration of open education approaches at partner institutions based on the collaborative operation of a fiscally self-sustaining network without reliance on 3rd party donor funding.