Hi Everyone, In preparation for the open planning for the OERu meeting of founding anchor partners <http://OER_university/2011.11_OERu_Anchor_Partner_Meeting>, I have prepared a summary of the timeline including key events, partners and activities to date. This summary should help to minimize the temptation of spending time on questions which have already been answered.
We are collectively writing the history of the future of OER, and thought it would be useful to share this summary. Remember -- you can register to attend and participate virtually in the OERu meeting of founding anchor partners here: http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/2011.11_OERu_virtual_meeting_participants *Timeline and relevant links for the OERu initiative*: - *November 2010*: Jim Taylor from the University of Southern Queensland<http://wikieducator.org/USQ> (USQ) and Wayne Mackintosh of the OER Foundation<http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home> (OERF) meet at Massey University as invited speakers at the ACODE 54 meeting on OER convened by the Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-learning<http://acode.edu.au/>. At this meeting USQ and the OERF agree to collaborate on recruiting a critical mass of founding partners to design and implement a parallel learning universe based on OER. - *December 2010*: OER Foundation commences open planning for the OER for Assessment and Credit for Students initiative<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students> and registers the oeruniversity.org domain names. - *January 2011*: Paul Stacey from BCcampus<http://wikieducator.org/BCcampus> publishes The University of Open<http://www.http//edtechfrontier.com/2011/01/04/the-university-of-open/> where he suggests that the combination of: open source software, open access resources, open government, OER and open pedagogies constitute the building blocks for a new *university of open*. - *February 2011*: Summary of the first SCoPE seminar and think tank<http://wikieducator.org/images/7/71/SCoPE_OERu_Summary-1.pdf>, convened by BCcampus <http://wikieducator.org/BCcampus> over the period 4-21 February 2011 as a pre-meeting seminar<http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=}8738> for the inaugural OERu meeting<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Agenda_-_23_Feb_2011> . - *February 2011*: OER Foundation <http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home>, Otago Polytechnic <http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic>, TEKRI, Athabasca University <http://www.tekri.athabascau.ca/> and USQ<http://wikieducator.org/USQ> coordinate the planning of the inuagural meeting. Consult the summary and video recordings<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Summary_-_23_Feb_2011> of the OER for Assessment and Credit for Students project meeting<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students>, hosted at Otago Polytechnic <http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic> in Dunedin on 23 February 2011. This meeting discussed and proposed<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Agenda_-_23_Feb_2011> a logic model for the OERu concept and was streamed worldwide with funding support from UNESCO<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31227&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html> . - *March 2011*: The Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute<http://www.tekri.athabascau.ca/> (TEKRI) at Athabasca University convened the publication of the report entitled OER University: Towards a logic model and plan for action<http://wikieducator.org/images/c/c2/Report_OERU-Final-version.pdf>. The report documents the planning framework for building the OER university. - *August 2011*: BCcampus <http://wikieducator.org/BCcampus> and the OER Foundation <http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home> collaborate on a SCoPE seminar for designing OERu credentials<http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=8953> in preparation for the November meeting of founding anchor partners. *OER Tertiary Education Network<http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/FAQs#OER_Tertiary_Education_Network_.28OERTen.29_anchor_partners> (OERTen) founding anchor partners as on 1 October 2011*: - Athabasca University (Canada) - BCcampus (Canada) - Empire State College (State University of New York, USA) - Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (New Zealand) - OER Foundation (International) - Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand) - Southern New Hampshire University (USA) - Thomson Rivers University (Canada) - University of South Africa (Republic of South Africa) - University of Southern Queensland (Australia) *Meeting and OERu sponsors* - UNESCO Office for the Pacific States - William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. * * -- Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. 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