more info http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/30073
..and, speaking about Unesco, it seems now Palestine is officially sitting there with full membership as you might have heard from news! On Oct 31, 11:15 am, "dd.r." <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is a very interesting move for those of you who care about OER > > [image: Description: En_Fr_temple] > > ** ** > > *UNESCO OER LAUNCH* > > On Tuesday 1 Nov, Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO will be > officiating the launch of: > > ** ** > > 1. The UNESCO Open Educational Resources Platform > > 2. The UNESCO/COL Guidelines for OER in Higher Education > > ** ** > > The UNESCO *Open Educational Resources Platform* is a first-ever, > innovative online Platform offering selected UNESCO publications as open > educational resources allowing our global community of stakeholders to > freely use, copy, adapt, and re-share. > > ** ** > > The OER Platform will be launched with an OER version of the UNESCO *Model > Curricula for Journalism Education* with shared OER adaptations from the > Polytechnic of Namibia and the University of Namibia. > > ** ** > > The UNESCO/COL *Guidelines on Open Educational Resources in Higher Education > * outlines key issues and suggestions for integrating OER into higher > education to support quality teaching and learning. The aim of this > document, prepared by the Secretariat, is to encourage educational > stakeholders to invest in the production, adaptation, and use of OER, and > to improve the quality of curricula and teaching. > > ** ** > > The Launch is scheduled for 6:30pm Paris time (GMT-1) and will be > live-streamed in: > > English - mms://stream.unesco.org/live/room_10_en.wmv > > Français - mms://stream.unesco.org/live/room_10_fr.wmv > > ** ** > > Please refer to the UNESCO OER Programme site > (www.unesco.org/webworld/en/oer) for more information. > > ** ** > > We'll be tweeting the Launch on #oerlaunch and would greatly appreciate it > if you would please forward this message to all your OER colleagues, and to > tweet and retweet. > > ** ** > > Please excuse the cross-postings and don't hesitate to contact me if you > have any questions. > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > *Abel CAINE* > > ** ** > > UNESCO OER Programme**** > > ** ** > > ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section > > Knowledge Societies Division > > Communication and Information Sector > > UNESCO**** > > France**** > > image001.jpg > 6KViewDownload > > image002.jpg > 6KViewDownload > > image003.jpg > 6KViewDownload -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة، أرسل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للحصول على مزيد من الخيارات، يمكنك الانتقال إلى هذه المجموعة على العنوان http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar.
