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Introduction § § § Defining Open Educational Resources (OERs) Benefits of OERs From Copyright to Creative Commons to Public Domain UNESCO OER Programme 2012 World OER Congress

What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)? Created at 2002 UNESCO Forum UNESCO defines Open Educational Resources (OERs) as: § Learning especially e. Learning resources and tools § Released under an open intellectual property licence or in the public domain, allowing free use, re-use, and re-sharing

What are the benefits of OERs? “Benefits and challenges of OER for higher education institutions”, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams

From Copyright to Creative Commons to the Public Domain Hodgkinson-Williams, C. & Gray, E. (2009). Degrees of Openness: The emergence of Open Educational Resources at the University of Cape Town. International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 5(5): 1 -16. Available online: http: //ijedict. dec. uwi. edu/viewarticle. php? id=864 [26 October 2009]. About Creative Commons licenses http: //creativecommons. org/licenses/

What is the UNESCO OER Programme § § § OER Platform OER Policy Guidelines for Higher Education OER Community on the WSIS Platform OER Research Chairs: AU Canada, OU Netherlands UNESCO IITE OER Gateway § Publications § Large OER projects - UEMOA § Partnerships: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) § Large OER events – 2012 World OER Conference, UNESCO HQ Paris

What is the World OER Congress? § § 20 – 22 June UNESCO HQ, Paris Organized with the Commonwealth of Learning Supported by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation (USA) 3 Objectives § Release the Paris OER Declaration § Showcase the world’s best OER § Celebrate the 10 th anniversary of 2002 UNESCO Forum § Governments, civil society, academia § Open Seminar & Exhibition § 6 worldwide regional Forums www. unesco. org/oercongress

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