Distinctively open

Meeting of anchor partnersInstitute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)University of Tasmania, AustraliaNovember 6 - 7, 2014

Welcome

• OERu is an innovation partnership of like-minded institutions committed to creating pathways for OER learners to gain academic credit through the formal education system.

Lightweight scaffolding• “All you need is an internet

connection, and you can study with us – no matter where you live!

• Study online for free, using open educational resources.

• Get your study credited towards an academic qualification, while paying significantly reduced fees.”

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Our meetings• Agendas for the two days of meetings in Hobart,

Tasmania have been published online

• Meetings are being conducted in the Australian Eastern time zone (UTC+10:00) and are being live streamed via the web

• Twitter can used for real time commentary or questions using #oeru hashtag

Our structure

• The Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides leadership, international networking and support to education institutions to achieve their strategic objectives through open education.

• OERu is the flagship project of the Foundation

OERF board members

• Robin Day of Otago Polytechnic is Board Chair, but is unable attend these meetings and sends regrets

• Rory McGreal and Wayne Macintosh are OERF board members present at the planning meetings in Hobart

• Emeritus Professor Jim Taylor sends regrets. We’d like to thank Jim for his thought leadership and tireless support for the OERu initiative and his mentorship in the development of the evergreenstrategic plan

Our supporters• The Open Education Resource Foundation gratefully acknowledges the

support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for the courage to support a bold concept which is now achieving critical mass

• We also acknowledge support from the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). Wayne Mackintosh is a COL-UNESCO-ICDE Chair on Open Educational Resources

Objectives for today

• Welcome participants to Australia and the University of Tasmania

• Articulate the aims of the 3rd meeting of partners

• Get to know the OERu family

• Recap the OERu journey

Aims of the meeting

• Review progress on the 2014 operational priorities

• Review the OERu Strategic Plan 2015 - 2017

• Calibrate key performance indicators for the 2015 operational priorities

• Develop proposals for action for the implementation of the OERu consolidation phase.

• Identify issues for tabling at the meeting of the OERu Council of Chief Executive Officers that will be held in Sydney at the University of Wollongong Business School on November 10, 2014

Design principles• This is not a conference – it is an open implementation

planning meeting which will change the lives of students currently excluded from the formal post-secondary education sector worldwide.

• The meeting is designed to take the form of a strategic planning sprint aimed at producing outputs in a short time utilising the diverse experiences of attendees.

• Using open methodologies, proposals for action are refined transparently after the meeting.

Design principles for the meeting

• Build on our OERu decisions, work done to date and inputs from the OERu 2014 Annual Report.

• OERu partners have decision-making autonomy regarding the agenda and implementation decisions.

• Focus on decisions for the 2015 OERu action plan - hence the emphasis on progressing the consolidation phase of the OERu implementation.

• Identify strategic issues for the medium and long term - but avoid the temptation of trying to solve all problems at this meeting.

Introductions

• Please introduce yourselves to meeting participants and share your wish for OERu's next phase of development