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Gabi, thanks for this. I was wondering how to reference the 5 things you should know about the OERu? It's not obvious to me - do you know how? All the best, Alannah On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:47 PM, 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> > ”.**** > > ** ** > > 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 **** > > Open Learning News blog: http://www.scoop.it/t/open-learning-news**** > > Twitter: @twitthaus**** > > ** ** > > ** ** >