The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations From the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee
In this article, ambassadors of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy Committee (OERAC) provide a snapshot of regional and global Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives. This committee has been active since 2017 with members...
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| author | Ebba Ossiannilsson Rosa Leonor Ulloa Cazarez Cristine Martins Gomes de Gusmão Xiangyang Zhang Constance Blomgren Trish Chaplin-Cheyne Daniel Burgos |
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In this article, ambassadors of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy Committee (OERAC) provide a snapshot of regional and global Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives. This committee has been active since 2017 with membership renewed biannually. The ambassadors work to further OER awareness and understanding, to increase global recognition of OER, and provide policy support for the acceptance and application of OER. This overview highlights national and regional initiatives associated with the UNESCO OER recommendation and the five action areas that include: building capacity and leveraging OER; developing supporting policies; ensuring equity and effectiveness; encouraging sustainable OER model development; and, promoting and facilitating international collaboration. In addition, monitoring and evaluation of the action areas are suggested to be prioritized. This overview is not exhaustive, and much work remains to implement the OER Recommendation at scale, maximize its implementation, connect these recommendations to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), along with the futures of education with a new social contract for education, individuals, and the planet.
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| spelling | doaj.art-74f7751cf07e4577b8ef8d2fc9ea00c52023-06-02T15:25:47ZengAthabasca University PressInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning1492-38312023-03-0124210.19173/irrodl.v24i2.7138The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations From the ICDE OER Advocacy CommitteeEbba Ossiannilsson0Rosa Leonor Ulloa Cazarez1Cristine Martins Gomes de Gusmão2Xiangyang Zhang3Constance Blomgren4Trish Chaplin-Cheyne5Daniel Burgos6ICDE, Swedish Association for Open, Flexible and Distance EducationVirtual University, Universidad de Guadalajara, MexicoFederal University of Pernambuco, BrazilJiangsu Open University/ Director of Research Institute for Open Education, Suqian University, ChinaAthabasca University, CanadaDirector of Learning and Teaching Development, Otago Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga, New ZealandResearch Institute for Innovation & Technology in Education (UNIR iTED), Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Spain In this article, ambassadors of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy Committee (OERAC) provide a snapshot of regional and global Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives. This committee has been active since 2017 with membership renewed biannually. The ambassadors work to further OER awareness and understanding, to increase global recognition of OER, and provide policy support for the acceptance and application of OER. This overview highlights national and regional initiatives associated with the UNESCO OER recommendation and the five action areas that include: building capacity and leveraging OER; developing supporting policies; ensuring equity and effectiveness; encouraging sustainable OER model development; and, promoting and facilitating international collaboration. In addition, monitoring and evaluation of the action areas are suggested to be prioritized. This overview is not exhaustive, and much work remains to implement the OER Recommendation at scale, maximize its implementation, connect these recommendations to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), along with the futures of education with a new social contract for education, individuals, and the planet. https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/7138open educational resourcesUNESCO OER recommendationOER advocacydistance education |
| spellingShingle | Ebba Ossiannilsson Rosa Leonor Ulloa Cazarez Cristine Martins Gomes de Gusmão Xiangyang Zhang Constance Blomgren Trish Chaplin-Cheyne Daniel Burgos The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations From the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning open educational resources UNESCO OER recommendation OER advocacy distance education |
| title | The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations From the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee |
| title_full | The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations From the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee |
| title_fullStr | The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations From the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee |
| title_full_unstemmed | The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations From the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee |
| title_short | The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations From the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee |
| title_sort | unesco oer recommendation some observations from the icde oer advocacy committee |
| topic | open educational resources UNESCO OER recommendation OER advocacy distance education |
| url | https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/7138 |
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