OER Paris Declaration 2012

Its significance for Governments, educational institutions and teachers

teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions. Open licensing is built within the existing framework of intellectual property rights as defined by relevant international conventions and respects the authorship of the work

Open Educational Resources

OER Declaration Process

No of Consultation meetings held: 06 No of Countries represented in the

Consultation meetings: 89 No of participants at the Consultation

meetings: 265 No of Countries represented in the OER

Congress: 80 No of participants in the OER Congress:

336

Recommendations related to Government

Promote awareness and use of OER Bridge digital divide by developing

infrastructure (broadband, mobile, electricity)

Develop national policy for OER Promote use of Open licencing frameworks Support capacity building initiatives on OER Encourage and support research on OER Adopt open standards and technologies for

interoperability Encourage open license for materials

produced using public funds

Recommendations related to Institutions

Promote awareness and use of OER Improve media and information literacy Develop institutional policies for OER Educate stakeholders on open licenses and

copyright Promote quality assurance and peer review

of OER Develop strategic partnerships to avoid

duplication of work as well as technologies Encourage and support research on OER Develop tools to facilitate access to OER

Recommendations related to Teachers

Promote awareness and use of OER Develop and use OER Engage in peer review of OER Promote quality of OER Develop OER in local languages Contextualize OER Conduct research on OER Share learning materials prepared

OER benefits endorsed by the Declaration

Promote lifelong learning Contribute to social inclusion, gender

equity and education for the special needs

Improve cost-efficiency and quality of teaching and learning

Areas of concern emphasized in the Declaration

Understanding of Copyright Awareness about open licensing OER policy development Development of OER Digital divide

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