BY: JULIE HARE, The Australian
Jan Thomas, vice chancellor of USQ, says the race is on to find new educational paradigms. The building momentum behind free online higher education has been given another shot in the arm after UNESCO announced it will ask governments worldwide to commit to developing, promoting and making available open educational resources. Meanwhile, two Australian universities are going through the final planning phases before the prototype of a free online learning platform aimed at disadvantaged people particularly in developing nations is given its first test run. The University of Southern Queensland and Wollongong University are among 15 institutions which will contribute courses to the Open Education Resource University, which is being run by WikiEducator.
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