2012/09/18: Presentation by Sanjaya Mishra on OER Paris Declaration at Wasasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia

1. OER Paris Declaration
2012
Its significance for Governments, educational
institutions and teachers

2. Open Educational Resources
teaching, learning and research materials in any
medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the
public domain or have been released under an
open license that permits no-cost access, use,
adaptation and redistribution by others with no or
limited restrictions. Open licensing is built within
the existing framework of intellectual property
rights as defined by relevant international
conventions and respects the authorship of the
work

3. OER Declaration Process
 No of Consultation meetings held: 06
 No of Countries represented in the
Consultation meetings: 89
 No of participants at the Consultation
meetings: 265
 No of Countries represented in the OER
Congress: 80
 No of participants in the OER Congress: 336

4. Recommendations related to
Government
 Promote awareness and use of OER
 Bridge digital divide by developing infrastructure
(broadband, mobile, electricity)
 Develop national policy for OER
 Promote use of Open licencing frameworks
 Support capacity building initiatives on OER
 Encourage and support research on OER
 Adopt open standards and technologies for
interoperability
 Encourage open license for materials produced
using public funds

5. Recommendations related to
Institutions
 Promote awareness and use of OER
 Improve media and information literacy
 Develop institutional policies for OER
 Educate stakeholders on open licenses and
copyright
 Promote quality assurance and peer review of OER
 Develop strategic partnerships to avoid duplication
of work as well as technologies
 Encourage and support research on OER
 Develop tools to facilitate access to OER

6. Recommendations related to
Teachers
 Promote awareness and use of OER
 Develop and use OER
 Engage in peer review of OER
 Promote quality of OER
 Develop OER in local languages
 Contextualize OER
 Conduct research on OER
 Share learning materials prepared

7. OER benefits endorsed by the
Declaration
 Promote lifelong learning
 Contribute to social inclusion, gender equity
and education for the special needs
 Improve cost-efficiency and quality of
teaching and learning

8. Areas of concern emphasized in the
Declaration
 Understanding of Copyright
 Awareness about open licensing
 OER policy development
 Development of OER
 Digital divide

9. Thank You