The OER Collective provides a shared OER publishing platform for participating CAUL Member institutions in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, with the aim of facilitating independent publishing by authors at participating institutions, as well as collaborative, cross-institutional publishing. The Collective also builds community and capacity across CAUL Member institutions to support open education engagement.

CAUL Member institutions are at various stages of development with regard to their exploration of OER. The aims of the Collective allow Member institutions with different goals and different needs to benefit from the Collective. The Collective draws on the strength of networks within the CAUL membership to encourage cross-institutional collaboration on OER creation, adoption and adaptation, and to facilitate knowledge sharing.