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Educational institution services
Open student support^[1]	Provide student support through "Academic Volunteers International". Incorporate tutor support from academics and retired scholars as well as senior students who gain formal credit through community service leaning courses and initiatives.
Open assessment services^[2]	Formative and summative assessment services provided by participating institutions utilising assessment processes equivalent to those for mainstream students to ensure parity for credible OER credentials.
Open credential services^[3]	Solutions for appropriate OER equivalents of PLAR and credit transfer among participating institutions. Mapping of credentials through "international qualification frameworks" Award academic credit for open scholarship through existing local accreditation systems.
Open community service^[4]	Harness institutional community service models in support of their mission and potential contribution to the OER for assessment and credit for students project.
OER support infrastructure
Open business models^[5]	Develop scalable and sustainable models for supporting the OER for assessment and credit for students project including the co-ordination of volunteer services supporting planning and development.
Open technology infrastructure^[6]	Open source software solutions to support the OER for assessment and credit for students project.
Open student administration^[7]	Solutions to support the administration requirements of the OER for assessment and credit of students project.

↑ Prior experience of volunteer services in other domains are transferable. Scalable design for "Academic Volunteers International" needed plus integration of community service learning credits for student support.
↑ Solid experiential base for scalable assessment in ODL. Opportunities for networked open assessment exist.
↑ Protocols for prior learning assessment can be refined. Build on ground-breaking work of Transnational Qualifications Framework for VUSSC pioneered by COL. Map course articulation within existing organisational frameworks.
↑ New ground. Requires reallocation of existing resources -- not new money to achieve greater ROI of community service budget.
↑ Strategic priority to ensure institutions can cover the cost of engagement in OERu. Will also research of new national funding models based on funding academic services.
↑ Well advanced. Open source software solutions exist to cover the spectrum of ICT infrastructure required. Seamless OER content interoperability requires attention.
↑ Can piggyback existing institutional systems, but significant opportunities to streamline and enhance capabilities through collaboration.

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[1] Prior experience of volunteer services in other domains are transferable. Scalable design for "Academic Volunteers International" needed plus integration of community service learning credits for student support.

[2] Solid experiential base for scalable assessment in ODL. Opportunities for networked open assessment exist.

[3] Protocols for prior learning assessment can be refined. Build on ground-breaking work of Transnational Qualifications Framework for VUSSC pioneered by COL. Map course articulation within existing organisational frameworks.

[4] New ground. Requires reallocation of existing resources -- not new money to achieve greater ROI of community service budget.

[5] Strategic priority to ensure institutions can cover the cost of engagement in OERu. Will also research of new national funding models based on funding academic services.

[6] Well advanced. Open source software solutions exist to cover the spectrum of ICT infrastructure required. Seamless OER content interoperability requires attention.

[7] Can piggyback existing institutional systems, but significant opportunities to streamline and enhance capabilities through collaboration.

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