Российский государственный педагогический университет им. А.и. Герцена
UNESCO OER Platform Abel Caine, OER Programme Specialist ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section Information Society Division Communication and Information (CI) Sector www.unesco.org/webworld/en/oer www.unesco.org/webworld/fr/oer
What is the UNESCO OER Platform? A new, innovative online Platform that will: “enhance” UNESCO’s Clearing House function “selected” UNESCO publications as full OERs “stakeholders” to freely copy, adapt, and share
What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)? Learning especially eLearning resources and tools in open document format and released under an intellectual property licence allowing free use and re-use
Who are the UNESCO Stakeholders?
Decision-makers and Policy-makers Teachers Learners
Functionalities of the OER Platform
Find and compare Build and share Offline editing Mobile phone access Accessible Developed as Free and Open Source Software
Benefits Translations Localization Innovations Developing a Community
An ideal CI OER Product “UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education” Generic, adaptable, fully-prescriptive Curricula: – Course descriptions – Pedagogical approaches – Mode, weekly class agenda, number of teaching hours – Recommended text – Grading and assessment protocols Available in 6 official languages + 1 Adapted by 60+ institutions in 45 countries with backlog
The OER Platform allows a journalism school to: – easily find courses, – compare how other schools have adapted them, and – freely copy and adapt the most suitable courses
Launch Piloted by:  Polytechnic of Namibia School of Communication  University of Namibia Department of Media Studies (Coordinated by UNESCO Windhoek) Development will commence very shortly Preview by April 2011 Launch by November, 2011
Preview OER Platform Team Abel Caine Igor Nuk Hara Padhy Jaco Du Toit