OER in non-English-speaking countries
Mainstreaming OER to foster inclusive and equitable quality education
19 September from 16:00 to 19:30 in room M1 Cankarjev Dom
To share experience and exchange ideas on the promotion of OER in diverse linguistic contexts
To contribute to one of the 2nd World OER Congress objectives “showcasing the world’s best practices in OER policies and initiatives as well as OER experts”, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education is organizing a special session on OER in non-English-speaking countries as a satellite event of the Congress. The session is intended to provide a platform for the exchange of opinions on the challenges and opportunities for the promotion and use of OER in non-English-speaking countries. The event will include introduction, presentation of country case studies and panel discussion.
Opening author: Tao Zhan, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
OER in Poland author: Alek Tarkowski, Creative Commons
OER development in Norway 2007 - 2017
author: Christer Gundersen, Norwegian Digital Learning Arena (NDLA)
German experience of OER development - little content adaption, more process inspiration
author: Dominic Orr, Institute for Education and Socio-Economic Research and Consulting (FiBS)
Open Education Initiative Brazil
author: Priscila Gonsales, Educadigital Institute (IED)
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16:00 – 16:05 |
Opening by Mr. Tao Zhan, Director of UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education |
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16:05 – 17:05 |
Session “OER: country case studies” |
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16:05 – 16:15 |
German experience of OER development - little content adaption, more process inspiration Mr. Dominic Orr, the Institute for Education and Socio-Economic Research and Consulting, and Mr. Jan Neumann, North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (Germany) |
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16:15 – 16:25 |
OER development in Norway 2007 - 2017 Mr. Christer Gundersen, CTO, NDLA and Project Lead, Global Digital Library (Norway) |
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16:25 – 16:35 |
Mr. Botir Usmonov, Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs, Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al- Khwarizmi, (Uzbekistan) |
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16:35 – 16:45 |
OER in Poland Mr. Alek Tarkowski, Director, Centrum Cyfrowe (Poland) |
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16:45 – 16:55 |
The Current State of Advancement of OER in China Mr. Ronghuai Huang, Dean of Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University, Director of International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education (China) |
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16:55 – 17:05 |
Open Education Initiative Brazil Priscila Gonsales, Director of Educadigital Institute (Brazil) |
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17:05 – 17:45 |
Panel discussion “Challenges for OER in non-English-speaking countries” Renilda Peres de Lima, Director of Brazil's Ministry of Education Gard Titlestadt, Secretary General of the International Council for Distance and Open Education Sophie Touzé, Expert of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (France); President of Open Education Consortium Airina Volungeviciene, Director of Innovative Studies Institute, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania); President, European Distance Education Network Moderator: Ms. Svetlana Knyazeva, Chief of Digital Pedagogy and Learning Materials Section, UNESCO IITE |
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17:45 – 17:55 |
General debate |
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17:55 – 18:00 |
Closing remarks by Mr. Tao Zhan, Director of UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education |
UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
Main organizer email: s.knyazeva@unesco.org
