The roles of New Zealand’s UNESCO Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER) and the Open Source Technologist supporting Open Education at Otago Polytechnic were terminated on 19 December 2025 following the decision to disestablish the OER Foundation, a charitable organisation dedicated to supporting the implementation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation. This truth-to-power post documents the …
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Terminating OER Foundation Services
The Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF), established in 2009 by its original shareholder Otago Polytechnic, is a charitable organisation dedicated to expanding access to affordable higher education through the implementation of UNESCO’s Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). The New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, the OERF’s sole shareholder, has taken a decision to …