UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Programme
ICT in Education, Science and Culture SectionKnowledge Societies Division
Communication and Information (CI) SectorUNESCO, Paris, France
www.unesco.org/webworld/en/oerwww.unesco.org/webworld/fr/oer
What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)?
UNESCO defines Open Educational Resources as:
• Any type of learning materials (especially eLearning resources and tools)
• Released under an open intellectual property licence or in the public domain, allowing free-of-cost and legal
– Reuse – Revision– Remixing– Redistribution
• Increase the quality of and access to education
UNESCO OER Programme
Since 2002 UNESCO and OER are providing Governments and Institutions with a range of services including the development of:• Policy Guidelines for higher education.• Online Platforms and tools for sharing OERs.• Online Communities of Practice for teachers, learners,
and experts. • OER Research Chairs/publications• Large projects – Hewlett OER Project• Large events – World OER Congress• Partnerships
WSIS KC OER Community• The WSIS OER Community encourage practitioners,
researchers, decision- and policy-makers, teachers, and learners worldwideto freely share their knowledge
• 3,300+ members – Global List of OER Initiatives• 7 languages, FOSS (ELGG)
World OER Congress
• UNESCO and Open Educational Resources relationship began in 2002 during a UNESCO Global Forum of experts
• In 2012 UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning organized the World OER Congress at the UNESCO HQ in Paris from 20 – 22 June
• It was preceded by 6 worldwide Regional Forums to gather contributions from all Education stakeholders
• More than 400 delegates unanimously approved the 2012 Paris OER Declaration
2012 Paris OER Declaration
1. Foster awareness and use of OER2. Facilitate enabling environments for use of Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT)3. Reinforce the development of strategies and policies on OER4. Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks5. Support capacity building for the sustainable development of
quality learning materials6. Foster strategic alliances for OER7. Encourage the development and adaptation of
OER in a variety of languages/cultural contexts8. Encourage research on OER9. Facilitate finding, retrieving and sharing of OER10.Encourage the open licensing of educational
materials produced with public funds
Globalizing• 2 Project Locations:• Africa – African Council for Distance Education• Asia – Asian Association of Open Universities
1. 100% local ownership, adaptation2. Capacity-building of the Secretariat, Professors,
Learners3. Strict monitoring, evaluation, fund-raising,
promotion
Contact
Mr. Abel [email protected] Specialist for Open SolutionsKnowledge Societies DivisionCommunication and Information Sector7, Place de Fontenoy Paris, FranceMb : +33 (0)6 47 96 53 12
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