Wayne Mackintosh
Founding Director of the OER Foundation. We're open sourcing education.
Global sharing. Affordable Learning
Open Educational Resources
From vision to reality
Wayne Mackintosh
UNESCO / ICDE Chair in OER
Nurturing sustainable futures
There is no form of educational delivery more cost-effective, scalable and sustainable than open education
Defining OER
OER (Open Educational Resources) are defined by UNESCO as learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that:
- reside in the public domain or released under an open license
- that permits no-cost access,
- plus permissions for others to re-use, re-purpose, adapt, and redistribute.
How does OERu work?
Gears by Pexels dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0
Unsatisfied demand for HE
100 Million additional places by 2025
Crowd by James Cridland licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
BIG vision for a small charity
But what if ...
Institutions assembled only 2 courses from OER
Agreed to provide assessment services for formal credit?
Small and big by Jimmy Flink licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Alike 2.0 Generic
Smart philanthropy
Gift by blickpixel dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0
Giving is receiving
Parallel learning universe | Sustainable revenue streams
OERu concept
Global sharing - Affordable learning
OERu qualifications
Graduation by paseidon dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0
Inaugural qualification -Business
Certificate of Higher Education in Business (OERu)
Learning in a digital age
Principles of management
Introduction to entrepreneurship
Principles of marketing
Introduction to business
Introduction to project management
Principles of microeconomics
Principles of macroeconomics
Introduction to customer centred business
Introduction to operations management
Core courses (60 credits)
Optional courses (60 credits required)
94 credits
available
Corporate communication
Inaugural qualification - Arts
Certificate of General Studies (30 credits)
Introduction to entrepreneurship
Regional relations in Asia and the Pacific
Corporate communciation
Principles of Management
World history in the modern era
Introduction to psychology 1
Introduction to research methods in psychology
Art appreciation and techniques
Introduction to critical reasoning
Residency requirement (6 credits)
Transfer credit (24 credits)
33 credits
Available
Critical reasoning
Learning in a digital age
Principles of Marketing
Indigenous Australia
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
OERu micro-courses
2019 Commonwealth of Learning Award for Excellence in Distance Education Materials
Transnational Micro-credentialing
See announcement on microcredentials by New Zealand Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills & Employment
Micro-credentials for credit
Role of the project manager
Initiating a project
Planning a project
Executing and closing a project
Introduction to project management
CertHE Business
Transcript credit
Green paint by JTPatriot dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0
Open design, Open Source
Open windows by PrestPhoto dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0
Authoring and publishing technology
Author on WikiEducator
Outline of wiki pages
Publish course web site
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OERu learning environment
Course web site
Distributed interaction tools
Live course feed
OERu technology wheel
OER in a Post-COVID19 world
OER support for educators
Most useful OER4Covid interventions
- Free online courses to support capacity development in OER and OEP
- Access to open source software tools
- Free access to web-conferencing tools for synchronous communication for OER4Covid collaborators
- Access to OER-enabled online courses
Sustainable education
Conservation light bulb by Alexas Fotos dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0
Constant tension
Access | Social justice
Sustainable education
Closed
Open
OERu Outreach Partnership Programme
Hand shake puzzle by PublicDomainPictures dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0
Qualifying institutions in the developing world can become an OERu participating partner for free!
Low and lower-middle income countries, as well as small states in developing countries
OERu Outreach Partners
Sanatan Dharma College
Benefits
Unrestricted access to all OERu courses
Participate in OERu decision-making
Free access to OERu's professional development courses
Seagull sky flight by maleifl dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0
From vision to reality
Many higher education institutions believe in expanding affordable access to learning through their community service missions, but what may be difficult for institutions to deliver individually becomes possible through active participation in the OERu network.
Seagull sky flight by maleifl dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0
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Anand Vihar College - OER - Vision to reality
By Wayne Mackintosh
Anand Vihar College - OER - Vision to reality
Presentation prepared for Anand Vihar College for Women
