Hi David

Please don't worry about this. I have closed the survey now and I got 42 responses, which I'm deeply delighted about! I've really appreciated your input in all the discussions we've had about this research, and I'd like to pick your brains once or twice more before the end of the project, which is end of June (gulp). Tomorrow I'm giving my end-of-fellowship presentation to the SCORE fellows at the OU, which I'm nowhere near ready for, but it's forcing me to do an initial thematic analysis of all the data I have received via the survey and the interviews, which is probably a good thing! 

Gabi 

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Sent: 29 May 2012 21:24
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Subject: Re: Thank you and a gentle reminder - survey on the OER university concept closes Mon 28th May

Sorry, Gabi... My life has been very cluttered since you first asked. I have time to reply tomorrow, if that’s not too late, but wonder whether you really need my views since I don’t really have an institution :-)

Alles van die beste

David




On 25/5/12 13:47, "Witthaus, Gabi R." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear OER colleagues

Thank you so much to all those of you who have completed the TOUCANS project survey on the OER university concept. If you haven’t yet done the survey and were planning to do so, this is just to let you know that it closes at close of play on Mon 28th May.

The survey is aimed at identifying UK HEI perceptions of the OER university (OERu) concept, in which 15 institutions globally are collaborating to offer at-cost assessment and accreditation services to informal learners on a mass scale, based on open educational resources (OERs). This research is being carried out as part of the TOUCANS project, which is a HEFCE-funded SCORE fellowship, and in collaboration with the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

While the OERu is being used as a reference point for this survey, there are a number of similar initiatives under way globally, and within many UK HEIs, senior management is already discussing the possible advantages and disadvantages of participating in such partnerships. A benefit of doing the survey is that it will enable you to estimate a “compatibility” score for your institution with the OERu concept (i.e. the concept of providing at-cost assessment and accreditation services around OERs to a mass-scale audience). Once you have completed the survey, you will receive a PDF of your responses, which you will be able to map against a benchmarking tool that is being developed concurrently and will be sent to you shortly. Please remember to give your email at the end of the survey if you wish to be sent the PDF and the benchmarking tool.

The survey is at http://sgiz.mobi/s3/2ce8e34546a7 .

Thank you so much – I really appreciate your support!

Gabi

PS. You don’t need any specialist knowledge of the OERu to do the survey, but if you do want a bit more background info, please see “Five things you should know about the OERu <http://wikieducator.org/images/7/7d/OERu.pdf><http://wikieducator.org/images/7/7d/OERu.pdf> ”.

Gabi Witthaus
SCORE Research Fellow
Beyond Distance Research Alliance
University of Leicester
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 5745
Website: http://www.le.ac.uk/toucans
TOUCANS project blog: http://toucansproject.wordpress.com <http://toucansproject.wordpress.com/>
Open Learning News blog: http://www.scoop.it/t/open-learning-news
Twitter: @twitthaus





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