The Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL), a European consortium of which UNESCO is a member, will be holding a second webinar session on 4 and 6 October via Adobe Connect. The topic of this second OPAL webinar will be: Policy for  open educational resource (OER): What? Who? Why?

The OPAL webinar aims to introduce the concept of OER policies to institutional actors, and to discuss policy-making in monitoring and spear-heading adoption of such policies in institutions using OER for teaching/learning delivery. The webinar will serve as an integral part of the work plan foreseen for the OPAL initiative, of which UNECSCO is a partner.

Open educational resources (OER) are materials used to support education that may be freely accessed, reused, modified and shared by anyone.

The Open Educational Quality Initiative webinar will be organized in two sessions to maximize full participation by all OER Global Initiatives.

• Session 1: Africa/Arab States/Europe - Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 13.00-16.30 Central Eastern Time (CET);
  http://connectpro28058981.adobeconnect.com/opal_webinar_session_1/
• Session 2: Asia-Pacific/Latin America and the Caribbean/North America – Thursday, 6 October 2011 13.00-15.30 Pacific Time.
  http://connectpro28058981.adobeconnect.com/opal_webinar_session_2/

To participate in these sessions, click on the link above. The meeting rooms will be open 30 minutes before the start of each webinar. To enter the room click on ‘Guest’, enter your name and click on ‘Enter Room’.

This Webinar will include presentations from Jutta Treviranus, of Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC), Molly Malone of the OPAL project and Anthony Camilleri on links to the EU- CONCEDE project. 

UNESCO is a leading contributor to the OPAL Open Educational Practices framework, as well as to the development of the Registry of OER Champions and the Clearinghouse of Open Educational Practices. The main objective of OPAL is to improve the promotion of Open Educational Resources (OER) by supporting innovative Open Educational Practices.

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Last updated 146 days ago by Abel Caine