Hi Ishan, Those are very important questions. Wearing my OER Foundation hat, our strategic mission is to nurture the development of sustainable OER ecosystems and this will need to include public-private partnerships.
We will need to incorporate private tutors, and e-moderators and trainers to assist with Academic Volunteers International and capacity development initiatives. In fact, this is the model we have used for developing a cadre of facilitators for the Learning4Content initiative. A unique combination of volunteers who have offered time freely to help the cause combined with paid facilitators. Of course this needs funding and part of our work is to find ways that will support the model financially -- hence the open business models initiative in the logic model. We also recognize that an incremental approach is likely to achieve the best results over the long term. This is why we are starting with formal education institutions who are accredited within their national jurisdictions. First this ensures that the OERu network will be able to award credible credentials, and secondly because this model is financially sustainable. As the network grows and scales, we can build the ecosystem to include other players who add value in accordance with our core values of openness. Hope you will be joining us from Malaysia as a virtual participant. Wayne On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wayne, > > This is indeed fantastic news. As a matter of fact I was going through > the OERU page on Wikieducator late last evening and was wondering > whether OERU would be welcoming private institutions such as small > training institutes etc. into the group? In my opinion these smaller > training institutes can benefit quite a bit from OERU as they can act as > the trainers, tutors and content providers for students who can then go > on to get a credible qualification from the OERU. I remember you once > saying "everyone has the right to earn a living" which is absolutely > true. As such will OERU be considering taking private tutors and > trainers under its wing so that they may also earn a living through OER > whilst helping learners get a credible qualification? > > Apologies if this question sounds daft as I haven't had my coffee yet > ;D > > Let's keep fighting the good fight > Ishan > > > > Ishan Abeywardena > Senior Lecturer | School of Science and Technology > Wawasan Open University > > T+60 4 2180 484 | F +60 4 227 9214 > 54 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah > 10050 George Town, Penang, Malaysia > > http://www.wou.edu.my/IshanAbeywardena.html > > > >>> Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> 11/04/11 7:14 AM >>> > Hi Adam, > > Thanks for your kind words <blush> -- but it is truly an international > team > effort in getting the word out and helping to answering questions about > the > model for prospective partners including: strong support from Sir John > Daniel in his keynotes, the UNESCO-COL Chair for OER, Prof Jim > Taylor's > thought leadership and promotion of the concept, the OER Foundation > team, > dedicated WIkiEducators, member institutions and OER enthusiasts > around > the world blogging an microblogging. > > We are also getting some international > media<http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/International_media>coverage > which helps. > > It's amazing to see the collaboration and support from hundreds of > people > around the world who care about education and returning to the core > values > of sharing knowledge freely. > > Will keep my fingers crossed that New Zealand's premier university may > join > us in planning these futures ;-) > > Wayne > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Adam Blake <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This is fantastic news – a huge pat on the back to Wayne and all > who are > > leading the way in the creation of the OERu.**** > > > > ** ** > > > > Best,**** > > > > Adam**** > > > > _________________________________ > > Adam Blake > > Senior Tutor > > eLearning Group > > Centre for Academic Development > > University of Auckland > > Ext. 87748 | Direct Dial +64 9 923 7748 > > Email: *[email protected]* > > Level 6, 76 Symonds Street > > Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand > > > > **** > > > > ** ** > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Wayne Mackintosh > > *Sent:* Friday, 4 November 2011 11:38 a.m. > > *To:* WikiEducator; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected] > > *Subject:* [OERU] OERu welcomes the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand: > A > > perfect dozen**** > > > > ** ** > > > > The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand has confirmed their membership as > a * > > founding* anchor partner of the international innovation partnership > > implementing the OER university network. **** > > > > ** ** > > > > The Open Polytechnic is an outstanding distance education pioneer and > New > > Zealand’s first choice for open, flexible learning.**** > > > > ** ** > > > > Jim Rohn, the american business author suggests that: "There are > only > > about a half dozen things that make 80% of the difference in any area > of > > our lives.” This is probably true for the OERu innovation > partnership -- > > once we achieved the milestone of six founding anchor partners we > realised > > that a viable solution for OER to provide more affordable education > was > > indeed imminent. Now that we have achieved the "perfect dozen" of > founding > > anchor partners this shouts out an open invitation to all > institutions that > > working together we can radically improve access to education for > all.**** > > > > ** ** > > > > The start of our meeting of founding anchor partners on 9 November > 2011 is > > the cut-off date for to be recorded as a *founding* anchor partner of > the > > international OER network. We believe that our work will lead to > become one > > of the most significant improvements in the history of > post-secondary > > education. **** > > > > ** ** > > > > As an open collaboration -- all institutions will be free to join as > we > > progress with the implementation of the OER university. However, when > we > > write the history of the future, the following teaching institutions > will > > be recorded as the founding pioneers:**** > > > > ** ** > > > > **1. **Athabasca University (Canada)**** > > > > **2. **Empire State College (State University of New York, > USA)**** > > > > **3. **Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (New > Zealand)**** > > > > **4. **NorthTec (New Zealand)**** > > > > **5. **Open Polytechnic (New Zealand)**** > > > > **6. **Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand)**** > > > > **7. **Thompson Rivers University (Canada)**** > > > > **8. **University of South Africa (Republic of South Africa) > **** > > > > **9. **Southern New Hampshire University (USA)**** > > > > **10. **University of Southern Queensland.**** > > > > **11. **University of Wollongong (Australia)**** > > > > **12. **Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) (India).**** > > > > ** ** > > > > BCcampus (Canada) and the OER Foundation (International) are > non-teaching > > anchor partners and we support the network to achieve their > strategic > > institutional objectives using open education approaches. UNESCO and > the > > Commonwealth of Learning will be providing insights and advice from > the > > international governmental organisations at our meeting next > week.**** > > > > ** ** > > > > With due acknowledgment to the funding support from UNESCO, the > meeting of > > founding anchor partners will be streamed on the Internet. To date, > > 90 participants from 29 different countries will be assisting with > our open > > planning process.**** > > > > ** ** > > > > You can also help in planing more sustainable education futures by > > registering as a virtual participant. 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