National OER Framework | Paul Stacey

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-11-13

Summary:

"The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is a volatile mix of religion, ancient civilizations, political turmoil, wealth and poverty, beauty, extremism, and violence. Can Open Educational Resources (OER) be a form of diplomacy and peace in this region? Can open education offer some small hope as an alternative form of engagement, action, and reform – instead of drones and beheadings? For the past year or so I’ve been helping the US State Department with their Open Book project. Announced by Hilary Clinton before she stepped down as Secretary of State the Open Book project is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State in partnership with the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization and leading education innovators to expand access to free, high-quality education materials in Arabic, with a focus on science and technology. Promoting and expanding access to these resources will help to create educational opportunity, further scientific learning, and foster economic growth ..."

Link:

http://edtechfrontier.com/2014/11/09/national-oer-framework/

From feeds:

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

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.open_book_project oa.oer oa.middle_east oa.africa oa.education oa.economics_of oa.copyright oa.licensing oa.usa oa.libre oa.south

Date tagged:

11/13/2014, 08:48

Date published:

11/13/2014, 03:48