Let's begin ...

Yellow ballon by harxtec dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0

Smart philanthropy

 

Gift by blickpixel dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0​ 

Giving is receiving

Parallel learning universe | Reuse lessons learned

Nurturing sustainable futures

There is no form of educational delivery more cost-effective, scalable and sustainable than open education

Defining OER

"Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation, and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions."

Coined by UNESCO in 2002:

The problem

 

Supply | Demand

Building and clouds by MichaelGaida dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0​

Unsatisfied demand for HE

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-only services for formal credit?

Small and big by Jimmy Flink licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Alike 2.0 Generic

A sense of the OERu partners

How does OERu work?

Gears by Pexels dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0​ 

OERu concept

 

Global sharing - Affordable learning

 

Costs and OER enabled savings

 

Average cost to student per US credit hour

Tuition = $594

Textbooks = $30

$624

$594

$83

OERu savings = $541

Book by darkmoon1968 dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0

OERu 1st year of study

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)

English for academic writing

Regional relations in Asia and the Pacific

Creating sustainable futures

Indigenous Australia

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)

26 credits

plus

20 credits (Business)

Critical reasoning

Micro-credentials

 

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 pedagogy | Open Technology

 

Open windows by PrestPhoto dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0​

What can open do that closed can't?

Learning on the open web

Binary man by Geralt dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0

OERu learning environment

 

Course web site

Distributed interaction tools

Live course feed

OERu's open source NGDLE

Learning in a digital age