Global sharing. Affordable Learning

How to OER

Contributions from the OER Foundation

Wayne Mackintosh

UNESCO Chair in OER

Nurturing sustainable futures

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

Context

OER Foundation

Smart philanthropy

Early beginnings - 2011

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

OERu concept

 

Free learning & certification

Graduation by paseidon dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0

OERu micro-courses

2019 Commonwealth of Learning Award for Excellence in Distance Education Materials

Digital badges for micro-courses

Free

Free

Fee for service

Formal credit

OERu qualifications

New participant survey (n=2079)

Do you intend to aqcuire a micro-credential for this course?

Text

Yes - 46%

Possibly - 34%

Free competency certification

OERu learning environment

 

Course web site

Distributed interaction tools

Live course feed

OERu's open source NGDLE

Supporting open design

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.

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OERu.org