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The OER Foundation will host an open planning meeting on 23 February in Dunendin, New Zealand, for the project Open Educational Resources (OER)
for Assessment and Credit for Students. The OER Foundation, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand, the University of Southern Queensland,
Australia and ICDE member institution, Athabasca University, Canada, are collaborating in this project as founding anchor
partners to provide flexible pathways for OER learners to earn formal academic credit and pay reduced fees for assessment
and credit.
A challenge for OER is to find robust mechanisms for academic credit for OER learners. “Students seek flexible study opportunities,
but they also want their achievements recognized in credible credentials,” said Sir John Daniel, President of the Commonwealth
of Learning. “This important meeting will tackle the challenges of combining flexibility with rigour, which requires clarity
in conception and quality in execution.”
Registration
To register for remote participation please click here for instructions. For more information on the meeting contact Dr Wayne Mackintosh, Director of the OER Foundation: info@oerfoundation.org.
Text courtesy of UNESCO news service
10 February 2011