Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop for Heads of Commonwealth Universities

28 April 2010, Cape Town, South Africa

This Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop followed the ACU Conference of Executive Heads that took place from 25-27 April 2010.  The intent of the workshop was to alert university leaders to the potential of OER to facilitate the expansion of quality higher education and to receive feedback from them on policy issues relating to the use of OERs in universities. 

The theme of the workshop was ‘Taking OER beyond the OER Community: Towards Quality in Higher Education’. This workshop brought together 36 Vice-Chancellors/representatives from both developing and developed countries to:
  • Understand OER and acknowledge them as a legitimate option for Higher Education;
  • Discuss how OER can blend local and global inputs in creating graduates with the skills, knowledge and competences that the times require; 
  • Contribute to the policy debate relating to the use of OER in universities;
  • Value the contribution of OER to quality teaching and learning; and
  • Understand how OER impact on quality in higher education institutions.
It furthermore gave practical examples of where OER have been used in the developed and developing world.
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Workshop Agenda

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Workshop Report

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