OER Universitas
Open Educational Resource (OER) Universitas is a collaboration of post-secondary educational institutions with the aim of providing opportunities to learn from open educational resources and gain credit at costs lower than traditional degrees.[1] The conceptual framework underpinning the OER Universitas creates a structure whereby students who are ordinarily shut out from traditional higher education may engage in free learning, and receive formal accreditation from participating universities.[2] It is possible to use OER Universitas partners as an alternative paths to earning a degree [3]
Founding Anchor Partners
The founding anchor partners of the OER Universitas are:
- Athabasca University (Canada)
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (India)
- Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (New Zealand)
- NorthTec (New Zealand)
- Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand)
- Southern New Hampshire University (USA)
- SUNY Empire State College (USA)
- Thompson Rivers University (Canada)
- University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
- University of South Africa (South Africa)
- University of Southern Queensland (Australia)
- University of Wollongong (Australia)
- OER Foundation (non-teaching)
- BCcampus (Canada, non-teaching).[4]
References
Fostering social inclusion through open educational resources (OER)- Conole, Gráinne; Distance Education33.2 (Aug 2012): p. 131-134.
- ↑ Murphy, Angela (2012) Benchmarking open educational practices in higher education. In: ASCILITE 2012: 29th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Future Challenges, Sustainable Futures, 25-28 Nov 2012, Wellington, New Zealand.
- ↑ Taylor, J. C. 2007. Open courseware futures: creating a parallel universe. e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology (e-JIST), 10(1).
- ↑ "Alternative Ways to Earn Your Degree: Discussing OER University with Rory McGreal". Education-Portal.com. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ↑ http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home
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