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The global perspective of OERFred Mulder
Emeritus UNESCO/ICDE Chair in OER at OUNLFormer Rector OUNL 2000 – 2010
currently … Visiting Professor at OU UK
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Meeting of UNESCO Chairs ‘Perspectives of OER at
Universities’Aachen, 8-9 October 2015
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Brand-new:under UNESCO
Patronage
‘The Mind of the Universe’
GO …
The initiation …VPRO (Dutch broadcasting Company) preparing for an open
source TV series exploring the frontiers of knowledge
10 episodes hosted by Robbert Dijkgraaf (former President Royal NL Academy of Arts and Sciences; currently Director IAS@Princeton), including in each episode different eminent scholars from diverse parts of the world
The episodes: the explorer, maker, dreamer, thinker, conqueror, seducer, creator, seeer, sorcerer, connector
To be broadcasted by Jan. 2017, funding for NL secured
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Scaling up, widening, deepening, …globalizing the initiative to variations of the TV program for
other countries / regions (use another language, replace the host, include other video clips, add other episodes, …)
multiplying the TV content with an expanding open digital content base generated by a community of engaged and competent contributors (Global North and Global South)
providing open and active learning experiences (LEX) of great diversity through all available content (offering multiple small or big ‘courses’: different target groups, themes, levels, languages; and built on the body of thought of a wide range of prominent researchers
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Why and How?It is a truly global initiative in the ‘World of Open’: the
message on the clear benefits for learners and societies should be experienced by a large worldwide audience
It will provide access for lots of people, wheresoever and whosoever, interested in what science and technology can offer for the Global North and the Global South (in terms of perspectives, solutions, and dilemmas)
It will utilize a global collaboration between eminent scholars and other academics, creative TV, video, and graphic experts, educational specialists, and others to become infused, and will reach a worldwide community engaged as consumers or as producers
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Way forward …Generating a growing Network of People & Content
on the principles of Sharing & Openness
Engaging eminent Scholars from the Globe
Partnering with relevant (global) Organizations(i) involving their Expertise & Networks
or (ii) providing Financial Supportor (iii) in a role of co-Developer
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Global OERmovement:
looking back
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OER global drivers and milestonesInitiator MIT: large-scale innovation
OpenCourseWare (OCW) Initiative (2001-2007)
Advocate UNESCO: global awarenessSince Paris (2002) / Launching the term OER:
‘Digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and
re-use for teaching, learning and research’
Supporter Hewlett Foundation: strategic effortWorldwide: financial and advice
Community OCWC / OEC: start in 2005MIT initiator, 200+ HE Institutions as members,+15 associations, and +50 other organizations
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OER global drivers and milestones Evaluator OECD: seeking evidence / impact
2007: ‘Giving Knowledge for Free’2012: Survey among membership on OER policy2015: New book ‘OER: a Catalyst for Innovation’
Cape Town Open Education Declaration (2007)goes beyond OER, < 3000 signatories (most individuals)
Disruptor MOOCs: start in 2011 in the USexpanded worldwide, sensational push (not really open)
Paris OER Declaration (2012) from UNESCO & COL@World OER Congress, 10 recommendations
Explorer European Commission: policy & funding2013: Launch ‘Opening up Education’ Initiative
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National Policiesand Strategiesfor OER
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Emerging National Policies …2007 – ..... / India
NKC / Report to the Nation 2007: Embracing OERLaunch of a ‘National E-content and Curriculum Initiative’
Good intentions for a major effort, but …
2009 – 2013 / The Netherlands (€ 8,0 million) National Wikiwijs Program (OUNL & Kennisnet leading)Mainstreaming OER in all educational sectors, but …
2011 – 2014 / USA ($ 2,0 billion) US Dept. of Labor and Dept. of Education run a
4-year Program to create OER (CC BY licenced) for Community Colleges and Career Training, but …
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And …Other countries promote OER through:
> specific measures <> provision for collaboration <
> financial support <
or are considering a national approach to OER--------------------
e.g. Brazil, Canada (BC and Alberta), China, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mongolia, Poland, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa,
Turkey, UK, Vietnam
How about GERMANY?
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UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Programme
ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section
Knowledge Societies Division
Communication and Information (CI) Sector
UNESCO, Paris, France
www.unesco.org/webworld/en/oer
www.unesco.org/webworld/fr/oer
What is the UNESCO OER Programme
1. Paris OER Declaration2. OER Platform 3. OER Policy Guidelines4. OER Community on the WSIS Platform5. OER Research Chairs: Netherlands, Canada,
New Zealand, Brazil, Slovenia, Mexico with a Joint Program of Action
6. Publications7. Partnerships: Commonwealth of Learning (COL)8. 2012 World OER Conference, Paris, June 20129. Large projects, e.g. Hewlett OER Project (2013 – 2014)
UNESCO OER Publications
Available in:- English- French- Spanish- Russian
- Portuguese- Vietnamese
Coming soon:- Arabic- German!!!
The World OER Congress? 20 – 22 June, 2012 UNESCO HQ, Paris
3 Objectives Release the Paris OER Declaration Showcase the world’s best OER especially from developing
countries Celebrate the 10th anniversary of 2002 UNESCO Forum
6 worldwide regional Forums (Anglophone Caribbean, Africa, Latin America, Europe and North America, Asia-Pacific, Arab States)
400+ representatives from: Governments, civil society, academia
www.unesco.org/oercongress
www.unesco.org/oercongress
10 Articles of the Paris OER Declaration
a) Foster awareness and use of OER
b) Facilitate enabling environments for use of ICT
c) Reinforce the development of strategies and policies on OER.
d) Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks
e) Support capacity building for the sustainable development of quality learning materials
f) Foster strategic alliances for OER
g) Encourage the development and adaptation of OER in a variety of languages and cultural contexts
h) Encourage research on OER
i) Facilitate finding, retrieving and sharing of OER
j) Encourage the open licensing of educational materials produced with public funds
Policy :Support for
national OER policies and
strategies
Teacher Training: capacity building to
develop and use OER and effective use of ICT
in Education.
Awareness : raising on the importance of
OER and related technical
requirements
Hewlett Project: Implementing the Paris OER Declaration
Abel
Abel, Fenchun (ED)
Zeynep
2013 – 2014$400,000
‘The Paris OER Declaration Follow-up’ Project
Time Frame: 2013-2014
Funding : Hewlett Foundation
Target Countries: Indonesia, Kenya, Oman
Bahrain, Vietnam, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria
Miscellaneous / Additional Remarks
EC funded Project ‘Globalizing OpenupEd’, trying to inspire Open Universities in Africa and Asia to become involved in MOOCs based on OER in their own style (the NOUN case)
The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) connecting and supporting PhD researchers and their supervisors, an initiative of the Dutch UNESCO Chair in OER, funded by the EC and the Hewlett Foundation (now at the OU UK)
Preparing for a formal OER Recommendation? The 5th anniversary of the 2012 Paris OER Declaration too early …
And don’t forget ‘The Mind of the Universe - an entry into the World of Open’
Contact
Abel Caine
قابيل هابيلProgramme Specialist for Open Solutions (OER)Knowledge Societies DivisionCommunication and Information (CI) SectorUNESCO
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