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April 21, 2018

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Slovenia leading preparations for UNESCO Recommendation in OER

Policies have a key role in determining, and improving the state of our education. Following the success of the 2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress, our members helped in the preparations for the UNESCO Recommendation in Open Educational Resources (OER).

This is an official UNESCO policy instrument that will both advise national governments on how to support open education in their countries and report on those efforts. The online consultation process is now open and we invitate you to contribute to the draft.

The text is available for download in English and French.

Expert Meeting – Draft on Open Educational Resources (OER) Recommendation

Draft OER Recommendation Version – Draft 18 April 2018 -text for online consultation ENG

March 28, 2018

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Information meeting on the Ljubljana OER Action Plan 2017 @ Mobile Learning Week

The Slovenian delegation was invited to the Mobile Learning Week at UNESCO, to present to Member States and other stakeholders at the event the latest news about the 2017 Ljubljana OER Action Plan.

The plan provides recommendations to stakeholders in five strategic areas, namely: building the capacity of users to find, re-use, create and share OER; language and cultural issues; ensuring inclusive and equitable access to quality OER; developing sustainability models; and developing supportive policy environments.

UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2018, side event: An information meeting on the Ljubljana OER Action Plan 2017

March 22, 2018

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Roundtable at European Parliament on copyright and privacy

OuS members have been invited by Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) as speakers to a roundtable at the Future of Technology in Education at the European Parilament. The aim was to assess the question of digital technology in education and policies, and explain whether new technological and legal developments – especially article 4 of the proposed copyright directive – can be an enabler or a roadblock in this context.

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November 22, 2017

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UNIR iTED Congress 2017: eLearning and Open Education in practice

We were invited to join a two days event with 35 experts from 14 countries to share knowledge and experiences at a workshop at the Research Institute for Innovation & Technology in Education (UNIR iTED) in Madrid where the discussion was on Open Education in practice.

UNIR iTED Congress 2017: eLearning and Open Education in practice

November 8, 2017

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UNESCO to launch “Recommendation in OER” in 2019

Today, during the debates in the Communication and Information Commission at UNESCO´s General Conference, it was decided, that UNESCO together with its Member States will have to prepare a Recommendation for Future International Collaboration in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER) until the next session of the General Conference, which will take place in 2019.

This decision was adopted with an overall support of all UNESCO Member States. The debate proved that there is enormous interest in shifting Open Education and OER to a higher level and it seems that the OER Momentum right after the OER Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is very strong. See here for list of UNESCO Recommendations.

We feel this is a big success!

September 20, 2017

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Successful conclusion of the 2nd World OER Congress

On 18-20 September 2017 Slovenia sucessfully hosted the 2nd UNESCO World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress. The congress was organized by UNESCO and the Slovenian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport and other institutions from the OER community. 500 people from 107 countries were attending the congress, including 15 ministers.

Quick list of results:

2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress

Mr Indrajit Banerjee, Director, Knowledge Societies Division, UNESCO – 2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress

2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress

H.E. Dr Maja Makovec Brenčič, Minister of the Republic of Slovenia of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia – 2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress

Ms Asha Kanwar, President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning – 2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress

Ms Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO (Video Message) – 2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress

2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress Foto: Bor Slana/STA

September 13, 2017

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OpeningupSlovenia events at 2nd World OER Congress

OpeningupSlovenia is co-organizing satellites at the 2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 18 – 20 September 2017

This is the result of the Slovenian approach of holistically adopting open education. The three satellites Artificial intelligence in OER, OER Policies, European technologies and Opening up Balkans are the latest activities in a series of efforts to mainstream OER. With these actions Slovenia is fully committed and is taking actions to push forward the global agenda on OER.

September 4, 2017

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Slovenian case: From Commitment to Action in open education and OER

During the work towards the Congress, the Slovenian government has translated its practice in implementing OER into a brochure. This short policy document is intended to showcase other governments at the Congress how Slovenia is coping with the idea of opening up education. We have identified 5 major areas across all fields of education. Work on these ‘exemplars’ has just begun and here on the OpeningupSlovenia website you can see the latest updates.

Click here to download the English version of the “Open Education and OER Slovenian case: From Commitment to Action” preview brochure.

August 22, 2017

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Final Meeting of the Steering Committee for the Regional Consultations for the World OER Congress in Ljubljana

The final Steering Committee meeting was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 21 August 2017”. The Steering Committee was attended by the main congress beneficiaries and representatives of UNESCO, Governemnt of Slovenia, Comonwealth of Learning and Hewlett Foundation.

The discussion focused on the progress made in the implementation of the congress activities since its commencement in September 2016. The Work Plan of activities of the last six months was presented and agreed upon by the participants.

Members of the Steering Committee included:

- Dr. Indrajit Banerjee, represented by Mr. Joe Hironaka, UNESCO
- Dr. David Atchoarena, UNESCO
- Dr. TJ Bliss, Hewlett Foundation
- Mr. Gašper Hrastelj, Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO
- Dr. Mitja Jermol, UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for OER and Open Learning
- Dr. K. Balasubramanian, COL
- Professor Asha Kanwar – Chais of the Steering Committee

H.E. Dr. Maja Makovec Brenčič, Minister of the Republic of Slovenia of Education, Science and Sport

Regional Consultations for the World OER Congress Steering Committee in Ljubljana

@tjbliss understanding the Slovenian puzzle before the @OERcongress

June 2, 2017

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OuS presenting @ Education Policy Network Workshop

OpeningupSlovenia was invited to have a presentation at the second edition of the OER Policy Forum, on 1-2 of June in Warsaw, Poland. The OER Policy Forum is a unique event that brings together public administration representatives, policy experts and activists working in the field of open education policy.