TY - JOUR
T1 - The UNESCO OER Recommendation
T2 - Some Observations from the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee
AU - Ossiannilsson, Ebba
AU - Cazarez, Rosa Leonor Ulloa
AU - de Gusmão, Cristine Martins Gomes
AU - Zhang, Xiangyang
AU - Blomgren, Constance
AU - Chaplin-Cheyne, Trish
AU - Burgos, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - In this article, ambassadors of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy Committee (OERAC) provide a snapshot of regional and global Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives. This committee has been active since 2017 with membership renewed biannually. The ambassadors work to further OER awareness and understanding, to increase global recognition of OER, and provide policy support for the acceptance and application of OER. This overview highlights national and regional initiatives associated with the UNESCO OER recommendation and the five action areas that include: building capacity and leveraging OER; developing supporting policies; ensuring equity and effectiveness; encouraging sustainable OER model development; and, promoting and facilitating international collaboration. In addition, monitoring and evaluation of the action areas are suggested to be prioritized. This overview is not exhaustive, and much work remains to implement the OER Recommendation at scale, maximize its implementation, connect these recommendations to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), along with the futures of education with a new social contract for education, individuals, and the planet.
AB - In this article, ambassadors of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy Committee (OERAC) provide a snapshot of regional and global Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives. This committee has been active since 2017 with membership renewed biannually. The ambassadors work to further OER awareness and understanding, to increase global recognition of OER, and provide policy support for the acceptance and application of OER. This overview highlights national and regional initiatives associated with the UNESCO OER recommendation and the five action areas that include: building capacity and leveraging OER; developing supporting policies; ensuring equity and effectiveness; encouraging sustainable OER model development; and, promoting and facilitating international collaboration. In addition, monitoring and evaluation of the action areas are suggested to be prioritized. This overview is not exhaustive, and much work remains to implement the OER Recommendation at scale, maximize its implementation, connect these recommendations to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), along with the futures of education with a new social contract for education, individuals, and the planet.
KW - OER advocacy
KW - UNESCO OER recommendation
KW - distance education
KW - open educational resources
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161316056&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.19173/irrodl.v24i2.7138
DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v24i2.7138
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:85161316056
SN - 1492-3831
VL - 24
SP - 229
EP - 240
JO - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
JF - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
IS - 2
ER -