This is an introductory presentation designed for the EDEN Synergy workshop

1. POERUP: an overview
Paul Bacsich, Sero (UK)
19 October 2013
EDEN Synergy
http://www.poerup.info and http://poerup.referata.com
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2. Focus of POERUP
• Stimulating the uptake of OER by policy recommendations
• Building on previous initiatives
• Through country reports: 27 by POERUP and about the
same number by others (UNESCO Mosocw, OER Asia, etc)
• And case studies, evaluating successful OER communities:
– OER u, Futurelearn (MOOCs), ALISON, Wikiwijs, BC Campus,…
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Linked to other EU and non-EU initiatives
And to research on competences, retention, accreditation
Underpinned by research on costs/time in online learning
And work on social analytics and curriculum design
Budget circa €600K
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3. POERUP and its partners autumn 2013
1. Sero (coordinator)
2. University of Leicester
3. Open University
of the Netherlands
4. University of Lorraine
5. EDEN
6. Athabasca University
(Canada)
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4. An exciting POERUP recommendation
The Commission should set up
a competitive innovation fund to develop
one new “European” university
each year…
with a commitment to
low-cost online education
around a core proposition of open content.

5. An “unexciting” recommendation:
Assessment and accreditation of modules
• Universities should improve and proceduralise their
activity on APL (Accreditation of Prior Learning)
including the ability to accredit knowledge and
competences developed through online study and
informal learning, including but not restricted to OER
and MOOCs, with a focus on admitting students with
such accredited studies to the universities’ own
further courses of study. [think about the implications]
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6. The national policies are in preparation
- with your help!
Paul Bacsich
For the POERUP EU-level policy team
Policies in preparation for/with UK(x3), Ireland,
France, Netherlands, Spain, and Poland;
We want to work with other EU countries too including
Scandinavian region and Hungary