My Participation : Visionary Educationalists to Europe Education 2030

https://espas.secure.europarl.europa.eu/orbis/document/open-education-2030-vision-papers-part-i-lifelong-learning

Open Educational Resources (OER) and Practices (OEP) have recently become important topics for educational researchers in Europe and abroad. 

The World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France in June 2012 joining more than 500 delegates, including representatives of Government, educators, NGOs, and universities was a opportunity to discuss the power of OER in Education. There, the 2012 Paris OER Declaration was formally adopted. 

By being adaptable and accessible, OERs have the potential to solve the global education crisis and contribute to sustainable economic growth.

In its recent Communication on Rethinking Education, the European Commission announced a new initiative on “Opening-up Education” to be launched mid-2013.

https://espas.secure.europarl.europa.eu/orbis/document/

The former Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) – part of the former Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European commission – in a study for DG EAC– was calling upon Experts and practitioners to come up with visionary papers and imaginative scenarios on how Open Education in 2030 in Europe might look with a major focus on Open Educational Resources and Practices, in each of the following education sectors:

I. Lifelong Learning (submission deadline: 31 March 2013)

II. School Education (submission deadline: 28 April 2013)

III. Higher Education  (submission deadline: 7 May 2013)

"The foresight scenarios submitted could be normative or descriptive, idealistic or provocative, critical or imaginary, reflective or polemic, imaginative or concrete, comprehensive or selective, general or specific. They should be both inspiring and scientifically sound."

Submissions were free to choose any angle, subject, approach, but the future vision and/or scenario should address the key question of how Open Education in 2030 in Europe might look, and include the role of OER.

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Being an educationalist passionate on Open Education, I participated with a scientific vision paper Part II School Education. It has been wonderful to write about some ideas on Open Education at Secondary School.

Between all the authors, five of the “best papers” in each of the three categories were invited to take part in one of three dedicated foresight workshops on the development of a common vision of the "Future of Open Education" that will take place in Seville on:

I. 29-30 April 2013 (Lifelong Learning)
II. 28-29 May 2013 (School Education)
III. 6-7 June 2013 (Higher Education)

via New York Times

You will find all the vision papers Part II School Education here. My vision paper "Visionary Learning in 2030: Secondary Education" can be read here - Booklet pdf.

As a "pioneer" educator in the use of OERs in school curricula (Secondary Education) and author of some OERs to captivate my students (in and around curriculum) and in and out school to increase their skills and competencies, motivating them to go further "in order to be effective workers and responsible citizens in the social-knowledge society of the 21st century" I feel happy to be among these visionary educationalists.

Congratulations to all the winners! And congratulations to all the visionary participants who have the creativity to imagine and share some extraordinary possible scenarios to Education on 2030.

Thank you to IPTS-JRC to support our visionary ideas on Education 2030!


G-Souto

16.05.2013

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World Open Educational Resources Congress 2012

Photos: UNESCO

http://www.unesco.org/

The 2nd World Open Educational Resources Congress took place June 20-22, 2012 in the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. It was organized by UNESCO in full partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and a generous grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (USA).

"UNESCO believes that universal access to high quality education is key to the building of peace, sustainable social and economic development, and intercultural dialogue. Open Educational Resources (OER) provide a strategic opportunity to improve the quality of education as well as facilitate policy dialogue, knowledge sharing and capacity building."

Over 500 delegates including representatives of Government, educators, NGOs, and universities attended the Congress.

Photo: CC BY UNESCO (Paris)

http://www.unesco.org/

Abel Caine, Programm Specialist Communication and Information Sector (UNESCO) who managed the interface OER Congress was the unwearying host.

The agenda was complete and full of wonderful key-speakers. Many of the speakers highlighted the ways in which OERs are being used to innovate and improve local communities.

The conference was a two-part event that included the official Congress, with a negotiation component by UNESCO Member States (Room XI), and an Open Seminar that featured cutting-edge examples of OER practices through numerous workshops and seminars (Room XII).

Photo: CC BY UNESCO

Neil Butcher (South Africa)

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It is impossible to speak about all the speakers and workshops. We were divided between two rooms.
So, I decided to share with you some considerations about OERs and some ideas of two or three speakers that impressed me the most. 

The 20 June, during the Pre-Congress event, Neil Butcher, OER Strategist (South Africa) was a splendid speaker introducing to OER concept: "Beginners guide to OER, an introduction to OER and some of the keys issues to think about when exploring the use of OER". The introduction was followed by an open debate in the room and on Twitter.

I am not a beginner on OERs (Secondary Education - High School) but I really liked this debate that clarified some important issues for some of the participants.

Later, June 22, Neil Butcher took his place as "a realist" on the interesting debate "Idealists versus Realists" on the Future of Open Edicational Resources (OER) - Mainstreamiing and Partneeships" in a group of four.

"By being adaptable and accessible, OERs have the potential to solve the global education crisis and contribute to sustainable economic growth - if governments are prepared to act."

The term Open Educational Resources (OER) was coined at the 2002 UNESCO Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education.

OER Logo 2012

J. Mello, used under a Creative Commons license CC-BY

http://www.unesco.org/

"Open Educational Resources (OERs) 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, projects, audio, video and animation."

UNESCO

"The open  nature of these materials represents a powerful opportunity for learners, teachers, Ministries of Education, and higher education and research institutions to increase the quality of and access to education."

Irina Bolkova, Director-General UNESCO
(message, June 20 2012)

For students, OERs offer free access to some of the world’s best courses and even degree programs. They can also offer huge cost savings as alternatives to expensive textbooks.

For teachers, ministries of education and governments, OERs provide free and legal access to some of the world’s best courses. Educators can then adapt them to local languages and cultures and use them as a basis for innovation.

But you don’t have to be a teacher or a student to understand the importance of OERs. Free information is a fundamental human right, and OERs make it possible for people of all ages and backgrounds to learn more about the world around them and access the tools they need to improve their lives and livelihoods.

 Photo: CC BY UNESCO

Dr Lawrence Lessig (Harvard USA)

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Dr Lawrence Lessig, Director of Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, Harward University (USA), delivering his keynote speech Peace at the opening of the 2012 World OER Congress was one of the best speakers, in my opinion. Incredible and spontaneous communicator that presented his approach to Open License and Ethics (a subject that divides a lot of academics). Really liked his speach. Very clear, positive and practical though pragmatic.

Starting June 21, Open Seminar and Exhibition showcases innovative OER projects from universities around the world, as well as from organizations such as Creative Commons and the SAIDE/OER Africa initiative.

Friday 22 June, Robert Schuwer Associate Professor and OER Expert presented the Wikiwijs: the Dutch National OER Strategie (2009-2013). To understand it, watch the video below:

Wikiwijs is commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to mainstream OER in The Netherlands. The platform is being created by the Open Universiteit and Kennisnet.

For the "2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress", UNESCO called on OER experts worldwide to set-up an Open Exhibition of artful posters that could insightfully explain OER. 

http://www.unesco.org/

Over 45 posters and 100 publications, brochures, and other OER promotional materials were exhibited.

The posters demonstrate a very high level of talent and dedication to the cause of promoting Open Education. Posters are openly licensed and many have been contributed to UNESCO to set-up a permanent display. The gallery only displays a selection of posters opened licensed. 

I wrote a Poster about the use of OERs in Secondary Education, following the academic rules, not a promotional poster. So, I chose  not to display it on the virtual gallery because all the posters were promotional. 

Mr Abel Caine kindly suggested me that it would be a pity to display an academic Poster in a gallery with promotional posters. He was right.
He invited me to write something informal and to sent it to Unesco to be displayed. For the moment, I had no time. Perhaps later. I'm writing a scientific article to submit at a different conference. 

But, my Poster was shown in small format at the Exhibition for a day during the UNESCO OER Congress. June 21-22 2012.

Finally, on Friday 22 June, the "World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress" released the 2012 Paris OER Declaration which calls on Governments to openly license publicly funded educational materials. 

UNESCO World Open Educational Resources Congress sees Open Educational Resources (OER) as the key not only to solving the global education crisis but to unlocking sustainable global growth in the 21st century-that is, if governments are ready to seize on their potential.

http://www.unesco.org/

The Congress was organized as an open multi-stakeholder event. Presencial and virtual participants were able to follow and participate in the sessions and directly contribute to Paris OER Declaration via live-webstreaming or through Twitter.

I think, most of  all, as an individual researcher in Education that Millenials young people brought a fantastic new vision to schools and Education (all levels now) with their visual spatial skills - screen-generation - non verbal intelligence and multi-tasking attitude into the classroom.

As a "pioneer" educator in the use of OERs in school curricula (Secondary Education) and author of some OERs to captivate my students (in and around curriculum) and in and out school to increase their skills and competencies, motivating them to go further "in order to be effective workers and responsible citizens in the social-knowledge society of the 21st century" 

G-Souto

09.07.2012
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Credits: Photos CC BY Mariana Bittencourt, CC-BY Davide Storti

Open Educational Resources
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/

What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)?

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/what-are-open-educational-resources-oers/

Speakers and Presentations | Seminar & Exhibition

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/events-websites/world-open-educational-resources-congress/open-seminar-and-exhibition/speakers-and-presentations/

UNESCO champions at 2012 OERs World Congress

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_champions_oers_at_2012_world_congress/

UNESCO : World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress ! What a great honor to be there !

UNESCO World OER Congress

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/

In partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and through the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, UNESCO is organizing the 2012 World Open Educational Resources Congress. UNESCO World OER Seminar and exhibit will take place next week, June 22-24 2012 in Paris.

• Aims of the Congress are to:

• Release the 2012 Paris OER Declaration;
• Showcase the world’s best practices in Open Educational Resources policies, initiatives, and experts;
• and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2002 UNESCO Forum that coined the term Open Educational Resources (OER).
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https://en.unesco.org/oer/

"The Congress aims to encourage more governments to adopt policies that include OER and will bring together Ministers of Education/Human Resource Development, senior policy makers, expert practitioners, researchers, students and many other relevant stakeholders."

It is a 2-stream event with discussions by all stakeholders on the Paris OER Declaration focusing on governmental actions for OER, and a parallel second stream focusing on an Open Seminar & Exhibition of the world’s best OER practices, policies, and initiatives.

"To provide an opportunity to civil society organizations, academia, and individual experts to present on their Open Educational Resources initiatives, UNESCO is organizing a parallel Open Seminar & Exhibition from 21 to 22 June 2012 in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France."

The Open Seminar & Exhibition is organized in full partnership with OER Africa, a SAIDE initiative.

https://en.unesco.org/oer/

• UNESCO invites us to  evolve:

Join Open Education Resources community on WSIS KC

Twitter about the Congress using the hashtag #oercongress

Or Follow the Congress at https://twitter.com/unescoNOW

It is my honor to attend the Congress and participate at the Seminar and Exhibition. I will present an academic Poster about a research on the use of OER in Secondary Education at the Hall.

These two last weeks, I had no time to publish any post on my blog! Please, forgive me!  I'm still in Paris! And I will continue to share some ideas about IT and Education when I will back.

I'm very excited! I'm sure that a lot of new ideas and concepts will be discussed and shared!  It will be great to write about the the event. 

I will share some important ideas with you about the sessions and discussions. I am a huge fan of OER in school curriculum.

Paris 

 credits: unknow author

via Google Images

Meanwhile, it is awesome to visit Paris, after 10 years, (ya... ten years!). Paris, the beautiful city I visited with my parents when I a was a little girl.

It has been in Paris that I study for some while, some years later. And it was in Paris, as a young teacher that I got my first specialization on producing videos and games based learning in the 80's - pedagogy comes and goes - just now that we are talking again about using videos and games in the classroom.

Ii has been in Paris, one year later, when I got my specialization on TV School, as Distance Education teacher and producer (French language), at CNDP.fr and BELC, two important references of School TV. Serious and creative work we did  there.

It will be so nice next Saturday, after three days of work, to walk on Paris "me badaler dans les rues de Paris", re-visiting some good Art museums,  "aller sur le bord de la Seine pour apprécier les bouquinistes, traverser un ou deux ponts, les plus beaux sur la Seine, et remonter au Sacré-Coeur pour admirer à nouveau cette magnifique vue panoramique qu'on a sur la belle ville de Paris."

À bientôt!

G-Souto

20 June 2012

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National Geographic, an interesting open resource

BroadcastAR Augmented Reality for National Geographic Channel / UPC from INDE on Vimeo.

Amazing! Appshaker recently launched this unique way for people to interact with the fantastic world of National Geographic's content from around the globe.

Using the principles of augmented reality, people could immerse themselves in different scenes such as dolphins, leopards, the space landings, dinosaurs and more.

I was completely surrendered! Didn't you? I wish I could be there to share this incredible experience.

Now, thousands of people interacted with the National Geographic brand in the process as it toured Hungary, with thousands more people sharing snapshots and video on Facebook as a result.

https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/

Education:

National Geopgraphic Education is a powerful open educational resource that we  must not waste as educators.

Go visit the new website (Beta). It contains teaching resources, multimedia,  mapping, news and references and much more.

For example MapMak Interactive (Beta) is one of the interesting resources that Geographic teachers can introduce into the classroom.

Watch how download MapMaker Kids here

http://images.beta.education.nationalgeographic.com

On Education Blog you will find another interesting one: Expedition Week.

"Now in its fourth year, National Geographic Channel's defining event, Expedition Week, takes viewers to the farthest reaches of the world - and their imaginations - with a week of programming dedicated to the thrill of discovery. Expedition Week premieres Monday, November 7, 2011 at 8pm ET/PT on National Geographic Channel." 

This is a good motivation to involve your students in a different Geography activity in the curriculum.

On the National Geoographic website, you will find resources for different levels of Education, from Primary to Secondary Education.

Photo courtesy of Curtis Malarkey

http://blog.mywonderfulworld.org/

During the last years, Open Educational Resources movement has grown, so as their important value in the school curricula. 

Students are captivated to have the pleasure to learn.

"Nobody knows everything, everybody knows something". 

Pierre Lévy

G-Souto

03.11.2011

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Credits: video appshaker

References: The National Geographic Education