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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: a.caine@unesco.org

Phone: +33 (0)1 45 68 42 37

Twitter: @abelcaine

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