2011.10.12 02:53:13

Ishan Abeywardena

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To all members of the OER Community on the WSIS KC,

The Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL), a European consortium of which UNESCO is a member, will be holding an Oxford Debate on Open Educational Practices (OEP).

This online debate will take place from 12 to 24 October 2011 on UNESCO’s WSIS-OER platform.

The topic of this second OPAL Oxford Debate will be: "Would mainstreaming the use of Open Educational Practices (OEP) really transform education?"
http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/debates/group:14358/overview/400536

The OPAL Oxford Debate will focus on the concept of OEP policies, as well as on policy-making in monitoring and spear-heading adoption of such policies in institutions using open educational resources (OER).

The OEP Oxford Debate starts a very exciting Oct - Dec quarter for the OER Community on the WSIS KC.

On Tuesday 1 November, UNESCO will be launching the UNESCO OER paltform and the UNESCO/COL Policy Guideliens for OER in Higher Education.

On Monday 14 November, UNESCO will be hosting the OPAL OEP Policy Forum at UNESCO HQ in Paris.

We will be uploading more details shortly. To be automatically notified of events, you can easily change your Notification settings to "ON" in Settings...Notifications and ...Community Notifications. Please don't hesitate to contact me on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have any questions and we look forward to your contributions to the Debate and to your VOTE.

Regards,
Mr. Abel CAINE

Coordinator for the OER Community on the WSIS KC

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