Killed, Not Starved: Deliberate Neglect of the OERF a Failure of Institutional Duty to Open Education
| Published | 9 January 2026 |
| Type of work | Blog post |
| Country | New Zealand, Oceania |
ABSTRACT
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 factual record of events, providing a public account dedicated to educators worldwide who continue to advance the goals of open education despite the increasing precarity of those serving the public good.| Keywords | OER Foundation · open education · institutional management |
| Language | English |
| URL | https://openeducation.nz/?p=55 |
| Access date | 2026-01-10 |
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