Survey on governments open educational resources oer policies

As part of their joint project Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally, UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) invited all governments to provide information about their policies in relation to open educational resources (OER) to assess the current and potential uses of this approach to learning and teaching. This report provides an overview of the findings of the COL/UNESCO survey on OER policies and activity across all countries of the world, and puts forward some suggestions for promoting the use and development of OER and overcoming current obstacles to its implementation.

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The publication “Understanding the Impact of OER: Achievements and Challenges” is the result of partnership between the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) and OER Africa, an .

Table of Contents: 1 The Context of OER 1.1 Global Trends and Challenges in Education 1.2 The OER Value Proposition 2 The Economics of OER 2.1 Introduction 2.2 OER and Course Design The value of .

This paper reports on two action research projects which explored the challenge of determining the conditions under which use of OER can drive a transformative educational agenda in schooling systems. At St Peter’s .

This year’s highlights include the launch of the CC Certificates program, the Bassel Khartabil Memorial Fund and Fellowship (awarded at the Global Summit), the new Rights Back Resource for creators to reclaim their .

Executive Summary The present publication presents the main results and findings of the eMundus project, an activity conducted during the period 2013-2015 with the support of the Erasmus Mundus programme of the .

Presented by Dr. Ishan Abeywardena, Adviser - Open Educational Resources, Commonwealth of Learning, on 25 August 2016 as part of a lecture series launched by Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad, Pakistan, to .

How do faculty in British Columbia use Open Educational Resources (OER)? What are some of the ways in which they are using OER, and what are some of the barriers they face when using OER? A new research paper published .

The Guide is designed to raise general awareness amongst policy makers in developing countries as to how Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might address their concerns and priorities, particularly in terms of access .

Open and distance learning (ODL) has evolved over the last century, but the ways in which its benefits are marketed to students and other stakeholders have remained relatively unchanged. The benefits are still relevant .

This Intelligence Brief from Higher Education Strategy Associates is based on a survey of Canadian students to determine their views on e-learning. Among many interesting findings, the brief reports that students in .

This site is supported by the International Journal of Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) and AU Press, and is an initiative of the UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER at Athabasca University.

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