World OER Congress 20 – 22 June 2012

Summary of Day 1

Zeynep Varoglu, ICT in Education Programme Specialist, CI Sector, UNESCO

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World OER Congress 20 – 22 June 2012

Summary Day 1HIGH LEVEL SESSION ON OER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

Moderated by: Mr. Indrajit BANERJEE, UNESCO• Mr Angelo VANHONI, Chamber of Deputies, Brazil • Ms Milena DAMYANOVA, Deputy Minister of Education, Bulgaria • Mr Igor OSTROWSKI, Vice-Minister of Administration and Digital Affairs,

Poland • Mr David PORTER, Executive Director, BC Campus, Canada • Mr Hal PLOTKIN, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary of

Education, USA

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Europe and Latin America • OER part of a larger movement linked to access to

knowledge• Knowledge is a collective social good. • Introduction of legislation• Discussion of importance of content and teaching in

relation to infrastructure• Links/differences between practice and policy.• Transforming the opportunities of OER to realities at

the policy level

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HIGH LEVEL SESSION ON OER IN THE ARAB STATES AND ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

• Moderated by: Mr Dendev BADARCH, UNESCO Moscow Office

• H.E. Dr. Samira AL MOOSA, Permanent Delegate of Oman to UNESCO will provide a contribution of H.E. Dr. Madiha AL SHAIBANI, Minister of Education, Sultanate of Oman

• Letuimanu’asina Dr Emma KRUSE VA'AI, Deputy Vice Chancellor, National University of Samoa, Samoa

• Dr Chul-kyun KIM, President, Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), Korea

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Asia and the Pacific & The Arab States

• Challenges of small island states and their similarities to challenges of larger countries - VUSSC experience

• Korea’s Smart Education and Digital Textbook initiative

• Importance of rational use of resources for the creation of commonly used courses.

World OER Congress 20 – 22 June 2012

SUMMARY OF THE 6 REGIONAL OER POLICY FORUMS

Moderated by: Sir John DANIEL, Project Director and Ms Stamenka UVALIĆ-TRUMBIĆ, Senior Consultant 1. 24-26 January 2012 - Anglophone Caribbean - Barbados

2. 21-22 February 2012 - Africa - Pretoria, South Africa

3. 28-29 March 2012 - Latin America - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4. 17 April 2012 - Europe and North America - Cambridge, UK

5. 23-24 April 2012 - Asia and the Pacific - Bangkok, Thailand

6. 7-8 May 2012 - Arab States - Muscat, Oman

World OER Congress 20 – 22 June 2012

PANEL DISCUSSION 1: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR OER

Moderator: Mr Joshua MALLET, Ministry of Education, Ghana

World OER Congress 20 – 22 June 2012

- Mr Dirk Van Damme, CERI, OECD

- Dr Sounaglo OUEDRAOGO, OIF

- Mr Magnus MALNES, European Students Union, Belgium

- Ms Edith MORAES, Plan CEIBAL, Uruguay

- Dr. Mansoor AL AWAR, Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University, United Arab Emirates

- Prof. Guido Langouche, International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education, Netherlands

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Debate: Issues and Challenges• Policy making, need for evidence based

research in OER• Importance of the role of Students in OER

discussions• Need to ensure local content (before its too

late!!)• Innovative projects – CEIBAL• Quality assurance issues

World OER Congress 20 – 22 June 2012

Discussion

• Reforming regulatory framework to accomodate OER

• Going back to business models – no such thing as a free lunch, but some authors live off means other than their published works…

• OER changing knowledge structure/way of sharing knowledge – Redefining the role of the learner and the teacher

World OER Congress 20 – 22 June 2012

PANEL DISCUSSION 2: GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PARIS DECLARATION ON OER

Moderator: Mr Janis KARKLINS, Assistant Director General, Sector for Communication and Information, UNESCO

- Hon. Ms Mariama ALI, Minister of Education, Niger - Mr Xavier Prats MONNE, Deputy Director-General, DG EAC, Belgium - Ms Mojca ŠKRINJAR, State Secretary Education, Science,

Culture and Sport, Slovenia

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The question that echoed through the room……...

Are OERs fixing a problem or a new way to learn??

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Panel 2 • IGOs should build on each other’s strengths• EU Commission making a huge investment in

ED in future workplans• Development of E- materials – discussion of

the E –Ecosystem..• Importance of Private/Public partnerships for

meeting the challenges of the digital divide

World OER Congress 20 – 22 June 2012

Thank you

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