Speaking as a former UNESCO director, I can say that it is quite common practice for UNESCO to convene expert meetings in areas that the Organization feels are crucial to its mission and vision. By doing so, it contributes, at times, to the introduction or adoption of new terminology. The three-day expert meeting in question took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 1 to 3 July 2002. Prior to it, MIT had taken the open courseware (OCW) initiative in 2001, which was clearly a precursor to the expert meeting in Paris, as stated by UNESCO in the announcement for the expert meeting (see http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2492&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html). The announcement does not yet refer to "open educational resources" as that particular term was formally adopted at the expert meeting.
As with many such terms, it is often difficult to determine authorship. They emerge, rather than being coined. By bringing experts from both the developing and developed world together at that particular point in time, I think it's fair to credit UNESCO with having broadened the movement worldwide beyond MIT's crucial initial initiative and the many further individual initiatives by other players that followed in its wake. Note also that UNESCO is not an organization in the same sense that IBM, Microsoft or MIT are organizations. UNESCO is its member states, i.e. the world, or, for that matter, all of us. Jan Visser, PhD President & Sr. Researcher, Learning Development Institute jvisser&learndev.org http://www.learndev.org http://www.facebook.com/learndev http://jvisser-ldi.blogspot.com On May 16, 2012, at 12:56 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Apology for repost -- forgot to copy all the lists. > > Hi Tim, > > UNESCO convened and hosted the meeting where a "forum of experts" coined the > term OER. UNESCO is commonly attributed as the convener of the meeting where > the term was coined. > > Cheers > Wayne > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:44 PM, j. Tim Denny <johnde...@alumni.usc.edu> > wrote: > Wayne > > I have read many times recently that "UNESCO coined the term OER at a > conference in 2002". I wonder if it is accurate to say it that way. I > just read David Wileys paper history of OER > http://www.hewlett.org/uploads/files/HistoryofOER.pdf and as far as I can > see the term is not accredited to UNESCO itself but to a forum of experts. > > Might there be some of those people who participated in that 2002 forum on > this list. Could they clear this issue up and tell me did UNESCO the > organization coin the term or not? > > Cheers > Tim > > __________________________________ > j. Tim Denny, Ph.D. > Consultant - International Development, Education and ICT > SKYPE - jtdenny Googletalk - denny.jt > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jtdenny > https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/VR/id130765695 > ..... > While SAT scores might predict your success in the classroom, beyond a basic > level of intelligence your passion, motivation, initiative, networking and > hustle matter more than your grade-point average. Dale Stephens founder of > UnCollege.org > https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=esi2y0whdhk52&utm_source=txemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=referral > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Wayne Mackintosh > <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Anil, > > Appreciate you help in getting the message out to your networks! > > Enrollments are increasing steadily -- we now have 141 participants from 30 > countries. > > Really looking forward to this community learning event! > > You know what they say - -don't be missed by your absence ;-) > > I encourage all members of our lists to register today and join the global > OER celebrations on the 10th anniversary since UNESCO coined the term Open > Educational Resources. > > Wayne > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: > GREAT! I've repeated the message in the blog > http://apletters.blogspot.in/2012/05/open-content-licensing-for-educators.html > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Wayne Mackintosh > <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, > > We have achieved our fist century of registered participants for OCL4Ed 12.06 > in less than a week! > > Already 135 people from 29 different countries have signed up to share and > learn about OER, copyright and creative commons licenses. > > Don't be missed by your absence for this community learning event scheduled > to coincide with the UNESCO World OER Congress in June. Register today: > http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/About . (See > more information below). > > Please help us spread the word about OCL4Ed 2016. > > If you participated in a previous OCL4Ed workshop -- please feel free to join > us as a peer-learning facilitator. > > Information about OCL4Ed 12.06 > > 2012 is a significant year for open education and OER. We are celebrating 10 > years since UNESCO coined the term "Open Educational Resources". In joining > the global celebrations, the OER Foundation will host a free online training > workshop on OERs, Copyright and Creative Commons licensing. > > This is a unique opportunity for educators to participate in an international > workshop. > > When: 20 June - 3 July 2012 (to coincide with the UNESCO World OER Congress > in Paris). > Where: Online > Cost: Free > > Registrations for this celebratory online workshop are now open: Register > today to reserve your seats. > > We are aiming to break our previous #OCL4Ed record of 1067 registrations, so > please share the gift of knowledge and invite colleagues and friends to join > us. > Download a copy of the poster for the OCL4Ed Workshop (614KB) which you can > display on local notice boards. > We look forward to welcoming you to OCL4Ed 2012.06! > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation > Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic > Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic > Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducator > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter | identi.ca > Wikiblog > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "OER university" group. > To post to this group, send email to oer-univers...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > oer-university+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/oer-university?hl=en?hl=en > Visit the OER univeristy page on http://wikieducator.org/OER_university > > > > -- > Warm regards > > Anil > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad > http://www.apletters.blogspot.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "OER university" group. > To post to this group, send email to oer-univers...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > oer-university+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/oer-university?hl=en?hl=en > Visit the OER univeristy page on http://wikieducator.org/OER_university > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation > Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic > Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic > Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducator > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter | identi.ca > Wikiblog > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "OER university" group. > To post to this group, send email to oer-univers...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > oer-university+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/oer-university?hl=en?hl=en > Visit the OER univeristy page on http://wikieducator.org/OER_university > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "OER university" group. > To post to this group, send email to oer-univers...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > oer-university+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/oer-university?hl=en?hl=en > Visit the OER univeristy page on http://wikieducator.org/OER_university > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation > Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic > Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic > Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducator > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter | identi.ca > Wikiblog > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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