Nichole this is very interesting and promising! Unfortunately I do not have the time to go through the jargon and add comments... I do however have three things to offer that may help (if you - or someone else - would be willing to investigate where they could fit in!) I have co-authored two conference papers - one in Greek and one in English - on the use of Wikipedia as an OER (Greek) and teaching cultural heritage with the Wikimedia projects (English). The third is a vision paper on Open Education in Europe 2030 (this has been published on their website). If you think these would help I would be happy to send links :)
BW Mina (User:Saintfevrier) On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 6:16 PM, Nichole Saad <[email protected]> wrote: > *Dear colleagues,As you may have heard, in March I spent a couple of weeks > at UNESCO for Mobile Learning Week and to network with folks there about > global goals for education and Wikimedia in education. A few really great > opportunities came up, but one of them is quite pressing. The UNESCO > Communications and Information Sector > <http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/> (CI) is > leading the initiative for the General Conference > <https://en.unesco.org/generalconference> to adopt a recommendation about > the use of OERs to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). Some > background information on recommendations can be found here > <http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23772&URL_DO=DO_ > TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>. > A quick summary is that a recommendation, though not an enforceable policy > mechanism, requires that member states who apply to it adopt national > policies that align with the recommendation and report on their compliance. > Essentially, we have the opportunity to be a part of influencing policy > around the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in education. UNESCO > adopting this policy will mean that governments around the world will be > strongly compelled to support the use of OER in education. For us, this > means that Wikimedia projects will have a stronger reputation in education > globally. Wikimedia projects are OERs that not only allow students to > consume information, but that support the critical consumption of > information as well as empower students and educators to be content > creators. Contributing to this policy recommendation will give us the > opportunity to advocate for that message, and support the work of community > members around the world who are doing education programs.We have been > formally invited to participate in the open invitation for comments on this > recommendation, and the deadline is set for June 1. I’m asking for your > input, so that we can make this comment as a collective. Here is how you > can participate: *Read the Recommendation.(There are both English > <https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ > Draft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018- > text-for-online-consultation-ENG.pdf> > and French > <https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ > Draft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018- > text-for-online-consultation-FR.pdf> > Versions)*Provide your input in this google form > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHGzJZQqs3kbWclQeN5xI7 > P9e2OY-mlXDP35PYrXtfNWYB7A/viewform?usp=sf_link> > by May 18. Please note that the document itself is full of UN and policy > jargon, and may be difficult to analyze. I’ve included some guiding > questions in the google form that will hopefully help you to provide input. > This invitation is a good first step in developing a closer relationship > with UNESCO for Wikimedia projects in Education, and I hope to be sharing > more opportunities with you in the future. best regards,Nichole* > > > -- > *Nichole Saad* > WMF | Education Program Manager > [email protected] > user: NSaad (WMF) > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
