WSIS Knowledge Communities: Mainstreaming the use of Open Educational Practices (OEP) will really transform education

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-04-15

Summary:

Use the link above to access an archived debate. The debate took place using the WSIS OA Knowledge Community (WSIS KC) platform. Under the umbrella of UNESCO’s Global Open Access Portal (GOAP) the WSIS KC “ is a global, professional communities of practice network committed to supporting the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development (MDG) Goals through ICT for Development solutions.” The debate took place from October 12 - 24, 2011. The debate was moderated by Sally Johnstone and participants included Glen Moriarty (Pro), Neil Butcher (Contra), Mary Lou Forward, and Tel Amiel. A brief overview of the debate reads as follows “The Debate is being held in the framework of the OPAL project, where UNESCO is a member of the project Consortium. The OPAL project (http://www.oer-quality.org/ ) has examined the concept of open educational practices (OEP) over the last two years. In this regard, a number of instruments, including the OEP Guidelines and Registry have been developed. This debate will examine if this concept really represents a transformative evolution for teaching and learning, and if so how.” Use the tabs provided to view the full text of the opening remarks by the moderator, the guest statements, and the position statements taken by the debaters. In addition the record of audience comments and voting are also available.

Link:

http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/debates/group:14358/overview/400536

Updated:

08/16/2012, 06:08

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.ssh oa.oer oa.education oa.opal oa.mdg oa.efa oa.goap oa.wsis oa.unesco oa.debates

Authors:

abernard

Date tagged:

04/15/2012, 22:10

Date published:

04/15/2012, 20:20