Fantastic Wayne, thanks for sharing. Cheers Fabiana On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Living in New Zealand, due to our geography and international time zones > we are very fortunate to see the future which has already happened for many > parts of the world. However, in the case of the UNESCO World OER Congress, > we now have the opportunity of getting back to the future of OER! > > It was a memorable evening for me (New Zealand time) watching the live > stream of the World OER Congress and waking up again at 3am to watch the OER > university team present the closing > plenary<http://wikieducator.org/OERu_share_solutions_for_Education_for_All_at_UNESCO_World_OER_Congress> > at > the congress from home. > > Belated news, but definitely worth repeating. > > *Following a global consultation process, The 2012 PARIS OER > DECLARATION<http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf> > has > been approved by the UNESCO World OER congress. The next step in the > process is to move through the formal adoption procedures by UNESCO member > states. * > > Here is the link (save it as this is a significant milestone for OER.): > > > http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf > > On behalf of the millions of learners which the adoption of this > declaration by governments will ultimately serve -- our thanks and > commendation to everyone who turned the vision of the Paris OER Declaration > into reality. > > The OER Foundation, WikiEducator community and the OERu anchor partners > are well positioned to assist countries and education institutions around > the world with the implementation of the principles contained in the > declaration. Examples are provided below. > > Viva OER, Viva! > > Wayne > > *Examples of how the OER Foundation family will support the 2012 Paris > OER Declaration* > > *a. Foster awareness and use of OER.* > * > * > Our OER Foundation family is committed to assisting educators and > education institutions with the mainstream adoption of OER at all levels > and all educational sectors. Its our core mission. > > *b. Facilitate enabling environments for use of Information and > Communications Technologies (ICT).* > * > * > The technical infrastructure of the OER Foundation is based entirely on > free and open source software and therefore easy to replicate in > facilitating enabling environments for anyone who prefers co-operative > strategies for OER implementation. > > Through WikiEducator we are increasing the range of OER support resources > to improve media and information literacy for all educators worldwide. > > Jim Taylor, one of the thought-leaders in our OER university community, > highlights that "*The OERu will place students at the centre of the > educational process in such a way that they will develop learning and > digital literacies as a solid foundation for meaningful participation > across international boundaries in a networked world" *(see media > release<http://wikieducator.org/OERu_share_solutions_for_Education_for_All_at_UNESCO_World_OER_Congress> > .) > > *c. Reinforce the development of strategies and policies on OER* > * > * > All policy documents developed through OER Foundation initiatives are > developed transparently and published under open licenses in editable file > formats. These policies are available for reuse and modification by anyone > who wishes to refine and implement their own open policies. > > *d. Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks.* > > This is a feature activity of the OER Foundation. Our Open Content > Licensing for > Educators<http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/Home> > online > workshops have already provided free training opportunities in open > licensing for approximately 2000 educators from over 90 different > countries. With acknowledgement of initial funding support from the UNESCO > Office for the Pacific States to develop these OER course materials, the > delivery model has been designed to scale for thousands of learners. We > will continue to offer these free training opportunities. > > *f. Support capacity building for the sustainable development of quality > learning materials* > > The OER Foundation hosts the Learning4Content initiative which is the > world's largest attempt to build wiki skills for collaborative development > of OER. We have offered free training opportunities to over 5000 educators > from over 150 countries. We acknowledge initial funding support from the > William and Flora Hewlett foundation, the Commonwealth of Learning and New > Zealand Ministry of Education in supporting these efforts. > > The newly founded WikiEducator Open Learning Academy will continue this > groundbreaking work as a community volunteer initiative. > > The OERu network and the Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER at Otago > Polytechnic is aiming to integrate existing training courses and to develop > new training courses in OER which will provide opportunities for formal > academic credit towards recognised credentials. > > f. Foster strategic alliances for OER > > The OER university network <http://wikieducator.org/OERu> of anchor > partners is a prime example of an international strategic alliance for OER. > This is the first international innovation partnership that will be able to > accredit OER learning in Africa, Asia, North America and Oceania. > > *g. Encourage research on OER* > * > * > The OER Foundation community and its flagship projects provide an > excellent international platform for research in OER. All research data > produced by the OER Foundation projects are released under open licenses to > support reuse and ongoing research for all in the academic who are > interested. > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> > Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic > Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic > Founder and elected Community Council Member, > WikiEducator<http://www.wikieducator.org> > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | > identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> > Wikiblog <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog> > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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