Encore+

ENCORE+: European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education

The project will:

Engage business actors including SMEs, in the OER ecosystem by demonstrating the innovation potential of open content for Human Resources development in companies.
Nurture the uptake of OER in Europe by stimulating the integration of organisational strategies for OER in business and academia, encouraging both sectors to co-learn from successful implementation practice.
Contribute to the development of a sustained and well-mapped European OER innovation area by connecting and fostering knowledge exchange across HE and business.
Organise and open cultures and communities to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and catalyse the spread of innovative practices built on OER across the European area.
Realise a new vision for technological infrastructure which develops collaboration and connection among OER repositories into a European OER Ecosystem.
Establish open, distributed and highly trusted community-based quality review strategies for the future European OER Ecosystem and involve businesses and higher education institutions in dialogues on quality and innovation through OER.


Fragmentation of the OER stakeholder communities in Europe	Fragmentation of the OER stakeholder communities in Europe	ENCORE+ network, strengthening and connecting existing OER communities
Lack of collaboration and interoperability among European OER Repositories	Providing a centralised hub for OER content; new paradigms for repository technologies (interfaces; implementations; protocols; content creation & re-use; networking) authenticated by the relevant communities to support best practice	Integrated architecture of a European OER repositories infrastructure.
Low development of OER institutional strategies in European businesses and academia	Working with diverse stakeholder base to identify, synthesise and share strategies and business models across business and higher education.	European guidelines for developing effective OER strategies in business and academia. }