Nice backgound, So that means the agenda for the OERu meeting, using the SCOPE summary is ;
OERu Questions & Challenges How to develop the course materials for learners globally? Providing not only free education but free authentic, valid and reliable certification too. Leaners may need to pay for credential services unless national governments provide grants to cover these costs through the state education system. Finding a free online platform or specifying that learning materials for the OER university be developed (or converted) into open file formats that are equally accessible by a variety of Learning Management Systems (LMSs). OER have to be available or at least readily convertible to low tech, pencil and paper, or printbased materials. Institutions will not move toward an OERu strategy unless they see a clear benefit for themselves. Does OERu need to be a parallel higher education universe? Develop low-overhead quality and accreditation systems building an entirely new model rather than adapting the old one. The concept of an OER-university is an innovation and a major one for the education globally. Individual and organisational adoption will depend on the current concerns and benefits of this innovation for them. Be more creative. Start without thinking about existing systems and courses. Rethink units of learning. OERu needs to be younger and bolder. We need to get our heads into being 15 to 25 again. We already have a critical mass to at least get one degree operational. Only one question. What is the first degree? It would be nice to put these seprarate discussions up. I'd love to be pointing a few parallel universes at them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
