OER Universitas

Open Educational Resource (OER) Universitas is a collaboration of post-secondary educational institutions and other organisations with the aim of providing opportunities to learn from open educational resources and gain credit at costs lower than traditional degrees.^[1] The conceptual framework underpinning ENGAGEDe in free learning, and receive formal accreditation from participating universities.^[2] It is possible to use OER Universitas partners as an alternative paths to earning a degree ^[3]

Founding Anchor Partners

The founding anchor partners of the OER Universitas are:

• Athabasca University (Canada)
• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (India)
• Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (New Zealand)
• NorthTec (New Zealand)
• Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand)
• Southern New Hampshire University (USA)
• SUNY Empire State College US
• Thompson Rivers University (Canada)
• University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
• University of South Africa (South Africa)
• University of Southern Queensland (Australia)
• University of Wollongong (Australia)
• OER Foundation (non-teaching)
• BCcampus (Canada, non-teaching).^[4]