New Zealand Open Education Network/Resources

Selected international resources

 * UNESCO 2012 Paris OER Declaration formally adopted at the 2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 20 – 22 June 2012
 * Survey on Governments' Open Educational Resources (OER) Policies, published by COL and UNESCO in preparation for the 2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress
 * Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education, published by COL and UNESCO.
 * A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER), published by COL.
 * Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning: Open Educational Resources and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice, published by COL and UNESCO.
 * Opening up Down Under: the role of open educational resources in promoting social inclusion in Australia, by Bossu, C., Bull, D., and Brown, M. Distance Education, 2012, 33(2):151-164.

Selected New Zealand resources and user submitted institutional case studies

 * 1) New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing Framework (NZGOAL) and Declaration on open and transparent government
 * 2) Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand and Poster on Licenses
 * 3) OERu share solutions for Education for All at UNESCO World OER Congress, OER Foundation, 19 June 2012.
 * 4) Opening Education in New Zealand: A Snapshot of a Rapidly Evolving OER Ecosystem, see Chapter 13 of Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning: Open Educational Resources and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice, published by COL and UNESCO.

Examples of educational institutions with open policies
Organisations who have implemented open policies


 * Otago Polytechnic: An IP policy for the times, New Zealand
 * Albany Senior High School, New Zealand
 * Warrington School, New Zealand. (See also case study in WikiEducator.)
 * Commonwealth of Learning Policy on OER
 * OER and Copyright Policy for the Commonwealth Open Schooling Association (COMOSA).