Task Force Multilingual Open Resources for Indepent Learning

Chair: Fred Mulder (Open Universiteit Nederland)
With this Task Force, EADTU is paving the way for the launch of the first wave of Open Educational Resources (OER): to be disseminated freely and online, throughout Europe in a multilingual format. Preparations for the establishment of a consortium of open universities dedicated to Lifelong Open and Flexible (LOF) learning have been finalised. The consortium focuses on two offers online: a non-matriculated study offer for individuals i.e., open tasters, free courses, and a matriculated study offer meant for students i.e., the same courses but now including formal tutoring, assessment and examination. In the first offer, learning is placed within an informal context. In the second offer, learning is placed within a formal context. The first offer enables all European citizens to freely acquire knowledge and skills. The second offer enables them to receive associated certification and labour market recognition. Both offers are seamlessly interconnected and provide the public a new gateway to university education.