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edit   Who we are Otago Polytechnic provides quality skills for quality careers in Dunedin, the wider Otago region and across New Zealand. We are sharing a leadership role with open content collaborators around the world to implement a quantum shift for sustainable education on multiple fronts using open education approaches. Otago Polytechnic: is New's Zealand's first tertiary education institution to sign the Cape Town Open Education Declaration; is the first tertiary education institution in the world to adopt a default Creative Commons Attribution, IP policy; and hosts the international head-office of the OER Foundation. (See also: Otago Polytechnic on Wikipedia.) edit   What we do on WikiEducator Otago Polytechnic uses WikiEducator as an OER hub for: Collaborating on the development of OERs for our courses; Hosting selected wiki-based courses which are delivered using WikiEducator. Professional academic development and wiki-training for our staff and students. Nurturing the development of a thriving community of OER practitioners. Collaborative development of proposals for research and grant funding. International networking with educators and educational institutions around the world.

edit   OER news Otago Polytechnic launches a new portal page on WikiEducator for co-coordinating OER activities at the Polytechnic. The Director of Otago Polytechnic's International Centre for Open Education joins the inaugural Advisory Panel of Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand. Creative Commons (International) publishes an interview with Wayne Mackintosh from Otago Polytechnic on open education and policy Otago Polytechnic celebrates the launch of the OER Foundation. This international non-profit is headquartered out of Otago and hosted by Otago Polytechnic. Archive edit   Our community discussion list Otago Polytechnic OER Forum Failed to load RSS feed from https://groups.google.com/forum/feed/otago-poly-oer-list/msgs/rss_v2_0.xml|Short|Max=4: There was a problem during the HTTP request: 404 Not Found OER Foundation Thought Leader's Forum Failed to load RSS feed from https://groups.google.com/group/oerf-thought-leaders-forum/feed/rss_v2_0_msgs.xml|Short|Max=4: Error fetching URL: Maximum (0) redirects followed