UNESCO Open Educational
Resources (OER) Programme
ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section
Knowledge Societies Division
Communication and Information (CI) Sector
www.unesco.org/webworld/en/oer
www.unesco.org/webworld/fr/oer
Introduction
What are Open Educational Resources
What is the UNESCO OER Programme
Highlight: OER Platform
Highlight: UNESCO/COL OER Policy Guidelines
Highlight: 2012 World OER Congress
Highlight: Global Open Access Portal
Highlight: Open Training Platform
What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)?
UNESCO defines Open Educational Resources
(OERs) as:
Learning especially eLearning resources and tools
Released under an open intellectual property licence or in
the public domain
allowing free use and re-use
What is the UNESCO OER Programme
OER Platform
OER Policy Guidelines for Higher Education
OER Community on the WSIS Platform
OER Research Chairs: AU, Canada and OU Netherlands
UNESCO IITE OER Gateway
OER Expert Network
Publications
Partnerships: Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
2012 World OER Conference, Paris, June
UEMOA Project
What is the UNESCO OER Platform?
The UNESCO OER Platform:
New, innovative online Platform
offering “selected” UNESCO publications as OER products and
allowing “stakeholders” to freely copy, adapt, and share their resources.
WALK-THROUGH
UNESCO/COL OER Policy Guidelines
A Secretariat Document, which aims to provide policy advice
on how the potential of OER can be harnessed to support
quality teaching and learning.
PURPOSE OF THE GUIDELINES
Outlines key issues and suggestions for integrating OER
into higher education
Aims to encourage educational stakeholders to support
the production, adaptation, and use of OER
Developed through an inter-sectoral (CI/ED) and
inter-regional consultation process in collaboration with
the Commonwealth of Learning.
2012 World OER Congress
Showcase world’s best practices in OER policies and initiatives
Release a 2012 Paris OER Declaration calling on Governments to
support the development and use of OERs
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2002 UNESCO Forum that
created the term OER;
5 lead-up Forums: Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Arab States,
Asia-Pacific
Formation of an International Advisory Liaison Group
• Country-wise distilled knowledge on the status of Open Access
• Key organizations engaged in OA in Member States • Thematic focus areas of OA • Important publications on OA coming from different regions
of the world • Critical assessment of major barriers to OA in each country • Potential of OA in UNESCO Member States • Funding and deposit mandates • Links to OA initiatives in the world
To be launched on 1 November 2011
A key knowledge resource on Open Access developments in the World
Open Training Platform (OTP)
An online collaborative knowledge hub for free training and
capacity-building resources for development
Invites development stakeholders to share training resources on
the Web to better serve local learning needs for sustainable
development
Sharing more than 3,500 learning and training resources in 21
main development areas from public and private partners
Featuring nearly 6,000 members
Improves access to partners’ learning and training resources,
including UNESCO’s
Open Training Platform (OTP)
http://opentrainingplatform.org
Contact
Abel Caine
OER Programme Specialist
ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section
Knowledge Societies Division
Communication and Information (CI) Sector
UNESCO
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1, rue Miollis
Paris, 75015
France
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +33 (0)1 45 68 42 37
Twitter: @abelcaine
