eMundus regional report: New Zealand
Published | 2014 |
Periodical | Pages 1-12 |
Publisher | OER Foundation, Otago Polytechnic |
Country | New Zealand, Oceania |
ABSTRACT
New Zealand as a small country with a population of only 4.2 million has made progress in establishing the foundations necessary for scalable uptake and integration of open education approaches in the formal
education sector.
The penetration of open source learning management systems in the tertiary sector is relatively high by
international standards. The New Zealand Government has adopted an open licensing policy for Crown
Copyright which encourages School Boards of Trustees to adopt open licenses. However, the framework
does not extend to the higher education sector. Currently, open access policies and practices have been
adopted at three tertiary education institutions. The OER Foundation is headquartered in New Zealand and
at the time of writing, eight tertiary institutions from New Zealand are partners in the OERu international
collaboration. Four of New Zealand's eight universities are experimenting with MOOCs covering the
spectrum of cMOOCs, xMOOCs and OERbased micro Open Online Courses. Otago Polytechnic has
been incorporating open online courses through the OERu collaboration since 2009. The OERu network
is leading the development of practices to facilitate international learner mobility through credit transfer
and course articulation
Keywords | OER cost · OER policy |
Refereed | Does not apply |
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