The document discusses open educational resources (OER) and related initiatives in Romania. It defines OER and provides examples of current Romanian projects promoting their creation and use. These include national guidelines on OER published in 2007 and 2012, a Romanian OER coalition formed in 2013, and OER incorporated into the government's 2013-2016 program. Strengths of Romanian OER efforts include trainings offered across education sectors and proposals to include OER in formal policies. Recommendations focus on using existing educational content under open licenses, creating an OER repository, and encouraging OER in teacher training programs and on approved materials lists.
How can OER enhance the position of less used languages on a global scale?
Workshop at the OCW Consortium global conference, Ljubljana 25 April 2014
Gard Titlestad, Secretary General, International Council For Open and Distance Education, ICDE
MOOCs for Professional Development: Transformative Learning Environments and ...SJSU School of Information
Dr. Michael Stephens participated on a panel discussing the use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for professional development at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 80th General Conference and Assembly, held in Lyon, France from Aug. 16, 2014 to Aug. 22, 2014. Stephens presented some of his findings from his ongoing research with The Hyperlinked Library MOOC. “The panel in France was also about the broader idea that large scale learning is something that information professionals should be using, and about how it supports professional development,” said Stephens. An assistant professor at the San Jose State University School of Information, Stephens teaches courses in the iSchool's exclusively online Master of Library and Information Science degree program.
How can OER enhance the position of less used languages on a global scale?
Workshop at the OCW Consortium global conference, Ljubljana 25 April 2014
Gard Titlestad, Secretary General, International Council For Open and Distance Education, ICDE
MOOCs for Professional Development: Transformative Learning Environments and ...SJSU School of Information
Dr. Michael Stephens participated on a panel discussing the use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for professional development at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 80th General Conference and Assembly, held in Lyon, France from Aug. 16, 2014 to Aug. 22, 2014. Stephens presented some of his findings from his ongoing research with The Hyperlinked Library MOOC. “The panel in France was also about the broader idea that large scale learning is something that information professionals should be using, and about how it supports professional development,” said Stephens. An assistant professor at the San Jose State University School of Information, Stephens teaches courses in the iSchool's exclusively online Master of Library and Information Science degree program.
Case Study of Using Open Education Resources (OER) in Northern African Univer...Kamel Belhamel
The Sixth “Smart Education” Webinar centered on the domain of Open Educational Resources (OER). In this presentation the Case Study of Using Open Education Resources (OER) in Northern African Universities was presented
The goals of this meeting/informal discussion are:
(a) To deliver a short presentation of the green-paper focused on the Brazilian OER Project. Abstract:
" The State and Challenges of OER in Brazil. by, Carolina Rossini
The paper map the Open Educational Resources efforts in Brazil, understanding the role they play in the educational context and if they are developed under a consistent educational policy. Questions of how educational policy is favorable to OER, and how much public funding flows into educational materials (mainly textbooks) are discussed. The paper starts with a brief introduction of how the concept of Open Educational Resources dialogues with the concept of development. The second portion explores the state of education in Brazil, its policy governance, structures and institutions. The third section is focused on an analysis of Brazilian educational projects as fulfilling or not the concept of Open Educational Resources as understood by UNESCO and under the principles of the Cape Town Declaration on Open Education. The fourth section is focused on the issue of textbooks in Brazil, analyzing public policies and governmental purchase programs, and also the challenges faced for the equivalent to the K-12 level and to the college level, also touching on the flow of public investments into the production and distribution of textbooks. Finally, a series of policy recommendations is drawn for further discussion."
(b) To develop discussion around the validity of the green-paper recommendations as recommendations that are horizontal to different countries, building upon the Cape Town Declaration;
(c) To discuss the role played by copyright and open licensing;
(d) Open X Free: strategies and benefits in diferent national contexts;
(e) To build collaboration among country projects.
Technology and Education: The emergency of OpennessCarolina Rossini
This presentation was part of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Conference on Intellectual Property, hosted by ISEG - UTLisboa, during the days 26 and 27 de February de 2010. It brings the concept of Open Educational Resources, the impact of intellectual property and the case of Brazil.
Technology and Education: The emergency of OpennessREA Brasil
This presentation was part of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Conference on Intellectual Property, hosted by ISEG - UTLisboa, during the days 26 and 27 de February de 2010. It brings the concept of Open Educational Resources, the impact of intellectual property and the case of Brazil.
OER Tools and using OER and MOOCs in Higher EducationDiana Andone
Presentation for the Workshop "Opening Up Education", March 13, 2015, Timisoara Romania, part of Open Education Week 2015
http://elearning.upt.ro/workshop-opening-up-education/n-32-70-185/d
Open Education Resources - a game changer!icdeslides
Open Education Resources are becoming increasingly popular and a number of significant developments have taken place the last year, showing that OER delivers what it promises. This presentation takes you through this development from introducing the term OER to November 2015 showing the latest and ground breaking development. Take part!
Open Educational Resources:Strategies to enhance Networking and Collaborative...Ramesh C. Sharma
what are open educational resources, OER initiatives in Asian countries and in India. How WikiEducator can be used to create OERs, WikiEducator India chapter, WikiEducator UPE winners
Online learning innovation for higher educationicdeslides
This keynote at the International Forum for Partnerships on the Qingdao Declaration, Qingdao, China, discusses new policies for online, open and flexible learning in relation to the new Sustainable Development Goal 4: Education 2030. A simple foresight for Education 2030 post secondary education is presented. Three principles for implementing Education 2030 (megapolicies: Innovation, Openness and Collaboration ) are illustrated with actual cases.
Open Educational Resources: Experiences of use in a Latin-American contextTecnológico de Monterrey
The movement of Open Educational Resources (OER) is one of the most important trends that are helping education through the Internet worldwide, and it’s a term that is being adopted every day in many educational institutions.
Case Study of Using Open Education Resources (OER) in Northern African Univer...Kamel Belhamel
The Sixth “Smart Education” Webinar centered on the domain of Open Educational Resources (OER). In this presentation the Case Study of Using Open Education Resources (OER) in Northern African Universities was presented
The goals of this meeting/informal discussion are:
(a) To deliver a short presentation of the green-paper focused on the Brazilian OER Project. Abstract:
" The State and Challenges of OER in Brazil. by, Carolina Rossini
The paper map the Open Educational Resources efforts in Brazil, understanding the role they play in the educational context and if they are developed under a consistent educational policy. Questions of how educational policy is favorable to OER, and how much public funding flows into educational materials (mainly textbooks) are discussed. The paper starts with a brief introduction of how the concept of Open Educational Resources dialogues with the concept of development. The second portion explores the state of education in Brazil, its policy governance, structures and institutions. The third section is focused on an analysis of Brazilian educational projects as fulfilling or not the concept of Open Educational Resources as understood by UNESCO and under the principles of the Cape Town Declaration on Open Education. The fourth section is focused on the issue of textbooks in Brazil, analyzing public policies and governmental purchase programs, and also the challenges faced for the equivalent to the K-12 level and to the college level, also touching on the flow of public investments into the production and distribution of textbooks. Finally, a series of policy recommendations is drawn for further discussion."
(b) To develop discussion around the validity of the green-paper recommendations as recommendations that are horizontal to different countries, building upon the Cape Town Declaration;
(c) To discuss the role played by copyright and open licensing;
(d) Open X Free: strategies and benefits in diferent national contexts;
(e) To build collaboration among country projects.
Technology and Education: The emergency of OpennessCarolina Rossini
This presentation was part of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Conference on Intellectual Property, hosted by ISEG - UTLisboa, during the days 26 and 27 de February de 2010. It brings the concept of Open Educational Resources, the impact of intellectual property and the case of Brazil.
Technology and Education: The emergency of OpennessREA Brasil
This presentation was part of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Conference on Intellectual Property, hosted by ISEG - UTLisboa, during the days 26 and 27 de February de 2010. It brings the concept of Open Educational Resources, the impact of intellectual property and the case of Brazil.
OER Tools and using OER and MOOCs in Higher EducationDiana Andone
Presentation for the Workshop "Opening Up Education", March 13, 2015, Timisoara Romania, part of Open Education Week 2015
http://elearning.upt.ro/workshop-opening-up-education/n-32-70-185/d
Open Education Resources - a game changer!icdeslides
Open Education Resources are becoming increasingly popular and a number of significant developments have taken place the last year, showing that OER delivers what it promises. This presentation takes you through this development from introducing the term OER to November 2015 showing the latest and ground breaking development. Take part!
Open Educational Resources:Strategies to enhance Networking and Collaborative...Ramesh C. Sharma
what are open educational resources, OER initiatives in Asian countries and in India. How WikiEducator can be used to create OERs, WikiEducator India chapter, WikiEducator UPE winners
Online learning innovation for higher educationicdeslides
This keynote at the International Forum for Partnerships on the Qingdao Declaration, Qingdao, China, discusses new policies for online, open and flexible learning in relation to the new Sustainable Development Goal 4: Education 2030. A simple foresight for Education 2030 post secondary education is presented. Three principles for implementing Education 2030 (megapolicies: Innovation, Openness and Collaboration ) are illustrated with actual cases.
Open Educational Resources: Experiences of use in a Latin-American contextTecnológico de Monterrey
The movement of Open Educational Resources (OER) is one of the most important trends that are helping education through the Internet worldwide, and it’s a term that is being adopted every day in many educational institutions.
Program pilot in cadrul proiectului KE
LE (Nov 2020)
Acum 13 ani, în 2007, ce propuneam, lucram, discutam, analizam, testam cu profesorii din 17 şcoli pilot, în proiectul Economia bazată pe cunoaştere, într-un curs blended, cu o întâlnire f2f, restul pe Moodle (modulele la http://timsoft.ro/pilot/):
- Resurse educaționale deschise
- Web 2.0 în educație
- RSS
- Sisteme de bookmark colaborativ
- Bloguri, wiki, rețele sociale
- Sisteme open source
- Licențe deschise - Creative Commons
- Creare pagini Web
- Utilizare/creare resurse multimedia
- Jocuri educaționale.
La finalul unui proiect complex, am formulat politici de deschidere a educației pentru MEC şi MCTI: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IYn9MOMbrRqs7oca1BL-rGn3FHYHtycy/view.
Open Educational Resources, relation with FLOSS; a pilot program for Romanian teachers about using OER and new technologies in education
Presentation at eLiberatica, Brasov, Romania - 2007
Citations: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Open+Educational+Resources+and+FLOSS%22+holotescu&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5
Nations and regions using less used languages - sidelined in open education?icdeslides
While production and use of Open Education Resources are coming closer to a tipping point, in particular in english speaking areas - nations and regions using less used languages seem to by bypassed by development - and potential not in the position to share the benefits from modern education and learning. However, good examples exist, as the Netherlands. Which policies might be necessary to change the situation in areas lagging? Reviewing policy advices in light of the recent development - this presentation and action lab will consider policy advices to be released now. This is a LangOER action, presented and supported by LangOER, Open Education Consortium and ICDE in partnership.
Defining OER policies for public content, and bringing them to lifeAlek Tarkowski
"Defining OER policies for public content,
and bringing them to life", presentation given at the OER policy workshop during OER14 conference on 28.04.2014 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Authors: Sandra Schaffert, Guntram Geser.
In the last few years, Open Educational Resources (OER) have gained much attention. From January 2006 to December 2007 the Open e-Learning Content Observatory Services (OLCOS), a project co-funded by the European Commission under the eLearning Programme, explored how OER can make a difference in teaching and learning.
Cite symposium Open Education, Open Educational Resources and MOOCsopen ed, o...CITE
CITERS2014 - Learning without Limits?
http://citers2014.cite.hku.hk/program-overview/keynote-belawati/
13 June 2014 (Friday)
14:00 – 14:50
Keynote 2: Open Education, Open Educational Resources and MOOCs
Speaker: Professor Tian BELAWATI (Rector of Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia and President of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE))
Chair: Dr. Weiyuan ZHANG (Head of Centre for Cyber Learning, HKU SPACE)
"OER Open Educational Resources and FLOSS" by Carmen Holotescu @ eLiberatica ...eLiberatica
This is a presentation held at eLiberatica 2007.
http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/
One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions.
The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.
Open Educational Resources: An Aid to Faculty DevelopmentAnup Kumar Das
Open Educational Resources: An Aid to Faculty Development.
Presented at the 4th International Conference Confluence 2013: The Next Generation Information Technology Summit. Plenary Session: “Open Educational Resources as a Catalyst for Faculty Development”
26-27 September, 2013. Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India.
Innovating Open Education: Critical Pathways and Communities of PracticeRobert Farrow
This presentation from Open Education Global 2021 provides an overview of the ENCORE+ project (https://encoreproject.eu/) and discusses the relationship between open educational resources (OER) and innovation, identifying strategies for knowledge exchange.
Slides from the workshop with universities' executives from 18 European countries held at the European Commission's IPTS on the 26-27th December 2015. The slides bring partial results from the OpenCred and OpenCases studies of the OpenEdu project.
Slides from the workshop with universities' executives from 18 European countries held at the European Commission's IPTS on the 26-27th December 2015. The slides bring partial results from the OpenCred and OpenCases studies of the OpenEdu project.
Building a Blockchain-based Reputation Infrastructure for Open Research. Ca...Carmen Holotescu
Presentation for ICCMAE 2022: The 2nd International Conference on Computational Methods and Applications in Engineering May 7-8, 2021
Authors:
Victor HOLOTESCU, PhD Student,
Andrei TERNAUCIUC, PhD
Radu VASIU, PhD
Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
Carmen HOLOTESCU, PhD
”Ioan Slavici” University of Timișoara, Romania
Cosmin CIORANU, PhD
UEFISCDI, Bucharest, Romania
Presentation at the International Workshop Digital Transformation - https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/comunitate/workshop-international-transformare-digitala-editia-1
Keynote for the "Connecting Erasmus+ Mobility Participants in Open Language Learning Environments that Promote Linguistic and Cultural Awareness"
https://www.openlangnet.eu/events/connecting-erasmus-mobility-participants-in-open-language-learning-environments-that-promote-linguistic-and-cultural-awareness/
Presentation for the Analysis of Societies: Transformation, technology and education panel, Near East University, 18 May, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNN6rQjTI0s
Prezentarea pentru Webinarul Utilizare OERs, MOOCs în Educație
Partea introductiva
29 aprilie 2020
din seria de Webinarii Impreuna Online https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/comunitate/noutati-comunitate/webinar-impreunaonline-utilizare-oers-moocs-in-educatie/
Romanian Educational System adapting to the coronavirus outbreakCarmen Holotescu
Presentation for the webinar "How to Keep Students Learning during Schools Disruption in COVID-19 Situation", organized by the Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University
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The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Safalta Digital marketing institute in Noida, provide complete applications that encompass a huge range of virtual advertising and marketing additives, which includes search engine optimization, virtual communication advertising, pay-per-click on marketing, content material advertising, internet analytics, and greater. These university courses are designed for students who possess a comprehensive understanding of virtual marketing strategies and attributes.Safalta Digital Marketing Institute in Noida is a first choice for young individuals or students who are looking to start their careers in the field of digital advertising. The institute gives specialized courses designed and certification.
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Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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The power of the three words and one acronym: OER vs OER
1. The power of the three words
and one acronym: OER vs OER
(I’m not an Ogre of the Enchanted Realm
of cyberspace. I’m an Omnipresent
Educational Rescuer - because I use the OER!)
photocredit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/99353930@N00/4742226415/in/set-72157623425016221
oral presentation by
Carmen HOLOTESCU & Gabriela GROSSECK
at 6th World Conference on Educational Sciences
06-09 February 2014, Malta
2. OER Definition
[…] „the open provision of
educational
resources, enabled by
information and
communication
technologies, for
consultation, use and
adaptation by a community
of users for non-commercial
purposes.”
unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources
UNESCO (2002)
3. What are OERs? Open Educational Resources
„are any type of educational
materials that are in the public
domain or introduced with an
open license.
The nature of these open
materials means that anyone can
legally and freely copy, use, adapt
and re-share them. OERs range
from textbooks to
curricula, syllabi, lecture
notes, assignments, tests, project
s, audio, video
and animation.”
unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002136/213605e.pdf
5. „ICT tools, Open Educational
Resources, and open practices
allow for an increase in the
effectiveness of
education, allowing for more
personalised learning, a better
learning experience, and an
improved use of resources.
Such measures also promote
equity by increasing the
availability of knowledge.
Ultimately, opening up
education may lead to a
situation where all individuals
may learn
anytime, anywhere, with the
support of anyone, using any
device.”
Open Education Europa
Opening up education through new technologies
openeducationeuropa.eu
ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-framework/education-technology.htm
6. Main Outcomes:
• A mapping framework of ICT-enabled innovation for
learning
• The Creative Classrooms concept and reference
parameters
• A set of policy recommendations for mainstreaming
of systemic, ICT-enabled innovations in Education
and Training (E&T).
SCALE CCR: Up-Scaling Creative Classrooms in Europe
s.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/SCALECCR.html
7. Specific objectives:
• Study the sustainability and business
models of OER and OEP initiatives
• Build a classification of OER initiatives
and practices, and a detailed and
critical assessment of the
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
and threats
• Contribute to the analysis of the
socio-economic impacts that OER and
OEP can have on the education
systems
• Implement a participatory foresight
methodology, based on targeted
stakeholder consultations, in order to
develop visions and scenarios on the
future of Open Education
• Derive policy recommendations
OEREU: Open Education Resources and Practices in Europe
is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/OEREU.html
8. POERUP: Policies for OER Uptake
„POERUP is focused on filling the following two gaps in research:
• The end-user–producer communities behind the OER initiatives and
what (or who) it is that actually provides the energy that make OER
initiatives work or not. At present there exists little experience in
how to best support the communities behind these initiatives or
what they actually want or do.
• Policies that governments and agencies (international, national and
regional) should adopt in order to best foster creation and uptake
of OER.”
„OER-based learning, seen as an extension of online
education, provides opportunity for everyone to access high quality
education at relatively low cost” (POERUP, 2013)
poerup.referata.com
9. POERUP: Policies for OER Uptake
Inventory of 120 notable OER initiatives
worldwide
http://poerup.referata.com/w/images/POERUP_D2.3_Comparative_Analysis_of_Transversal_OER_Initiatives_v
1.0.pdf
poerup.referata.com
10. OER Initiatives in Romania
poerup.referata.com/wiki/Romania
acces-deschis.ro
11. CCR was launched in
September 2, 2008, with
the help of ApTI
(The Association for
Technology and Internet)
http://ro.creativecommons.org/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ro/
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Romania
12. National OER initiatives
• OER in the Government Programme
The Government Programme for 2013-2016 adopted in December 2012
(http://www.gov.ro/upload/articles/118981/program-de-guvernare-2013-
2016.pdf) specifies that Ministry of Communication and Ministry of Education will
collaborate to support the innovative integration of Web2.0 and Open Educational
Resources in education.
• Knowledge based Economy Project
OER educational policies (recommendations in 2007)
• OER and OEP: The activities in the KEP project have led the schools towards a shift in
focus from the resources themselves towards the practices associated with the
creation, use and management of OER: that is, open educational practices (OEP).
13. Regional and institutional OER initiatives
Related to FLOSS (Free / Libre / Open
Source Software)
• Groups
• Conferences/Events
• Courses / Trainings / Research
• Linux distributions and Open
Source projects development
Related to OER, OEP and Open
Content/Access
Courses / Trainings / Programs
Open Content / Open Access /
Communities for OER and OEP
Studies
14. Open Educational Resources / Practices (1)
- A Romanian Coalition for Open Educational Resources
was created in October 2013, gathering persons or
organizations that support and promote the concepts
of open access and OER http://www.acces-
deschis.ro/ro/oer/60-coali%C8%9Bia-red
- Projects and sites that offer information/workshops
about copyright issues, open licenses and OER: Open
Educational Resources Policy in Europe
http://oerpolicy.eu/?s=romania, http://kosson.ro, htt
p://acces-deschis, http://copy-
me.org, http://www.ordu.ro, http://dreptuldeautor.no
isieu.ro/creative-commons
- Different products developed under CC licenses
http://ro.creativecommons.org
- Digital resources on the KEP portal created by
teachers and pupils in the pre-university system, by
using different Web2.0 technologies, guide “OER for
different disciplines”
http://tinyurl.com/KEPOERguide
- KEP launched two guides in 2012, having as central
topics the OER and collaborative technologies
(Web2.0) in education: "Integration of new
technologies in education" and "Using ICT for
educational activities"
- Open journals related to open education are
http://iteach.ro/experientedidactice, http://www.el
earning.ro
- Open materials and discussions around them:
http://forum.portal.edu.ro, http://didactic.ro, http:/
/e-
scoala.ro, http://www.dascali.ro, http://educatie.in
mures.ro
15. Open Educational Resources / Practices (2)
- Projects under CC licenses for Informal Learning /
Serendipity: Romanian Encyclopedia
http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro , Veioza Arte
http://veiozaarte.ro - a video sharing platform acting
as an open source production house for the Romanian
cultural scene, Local Records http://www.localrec.ro
are collections of audio products, Brașov Creative
Commons Film Festival http://bvccfilmfest.tumblr.com
- City Projects http://cityprojects.ro - community
proposing/working on software projects for local
communities/ smart cities, based on open data
- Most of the national projects related to OER are
designed / implemented for the pre-university
level, while in academia they are implemented by a
universities or a group of universities
- Teachers trained in KEP, Didatec project
(http://ctmtc.utcluj.ro/sites/didatec_ ) received
certificates, acknowledging also their skills in
using/creating OER (Andone and Vasiu, 2011)
- Training/courses related to open educational
pedagogies are offered by Moodle
Romania, Didatec, iTeach, Sloop2desc, ActiveWatch
Media Monitoring, UPT Technology Enhanced
Learning hosted by Cirip.eu, Compendiu.ro - links at
http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Romania#Regional
_OER_initiatives
- Proposals for MOOCs: at university level: Credis
Bucuresti with TICE-Online (http://www.unibuc-
virtual.net/140217-online-tice, a MOOC platform
based on Google Apps), Romanian Technical MOOC
Platform (Andone and Vasiu, 2014), UVVG
partnership with FEDE, and a MOOC for LLL
developed on a microblogging platform
(Holotescu, Cretu and Grosseck, 2013)
16. Strengths in Romanian OER initiatives
Romania is active in the OER movement:
• trainings/courses related to OER and OEP organized for both pre-
university and university sectors
• proposals at governamental level, more for pre-university –not yet in
formal politics.
• national events related to open resources produced by pre-university
teachers; national guides were published also
• directories with open resources more numerous for pre-university level
• strong communities/events for open source, open access, open
data, open licences
• MOOC projects in development - at university level: Credis, UPT
(Andone, 2014) and for continuing education: (Holotescu et al., 2013).
17. From POERUP elevator pitch: 26 countries in 26 minutes, slide 11
http://www.slideshare.net/witthaus/poerup-elevator-pitch
18. Recommendations (1)
• The educational content which already
exists, mainly in AeL/SEI, should be used
more intensive by teachers and students:
connections with curricula, the skills they
develop should be more clear; encourage
and support the sharing of best practices;
should be licenced under CC (*)
• Create a repository with the educational
projects in which Romanian
schools, universities and educational
organizations have participated, under CC
licencies (*)
• Public outputs from European Commission
programs should be made open, for
example using Creative Commons licenses
(**)
• Collaborations between schools and
universities in regards to OER projects (**)
(*) from Recommendations 2007
19. Recommendations (2)
• Partnership of Ministry of Education
with
publishers, broadcasters, libraries, cultu
ral institutions to provide open access
to their own resources (*)
• All teachers training programmes
should contain topics related to
OER, new licenses and tools to create
educational materials in a collaborative
manner (*)
• Encourage a competitive market for
educational resources
production, guarantee transparency of
supply and equal opportunities to
market actors; Define a set of quality
criteria (*)
• Budgets for digital education should
include money for developing and
maintaining OER (**)
• OER should be allowed on approved
materials lists (**)
• Encourage Europe-wide validation of
learning acquired online (not only via
(*) from Recommendations 2007
(**) from POERUP 2014
20. Thank you for your attention!
Gabriela
Grosseck
University of the West
Carmen Holotescu
Politehnica University
Timisoara, Romania
Twitter: @cami13