[Siged-l] UNESCO/IIEP forum on Open Educational Resources - final report

[Candy Schwartz]

Forwarded for Michel Menou - 

Dear Colleagues,

You may remember that I wrote to you last August to inform you
about an 
Internet discussion forum organised by UNESCO's International
Institute 
for Educational Planning (IIEP), with support from the William
and Flora 
Hewlett Foundation, on the subject of Open Educational Resources
(open 
content for higher education).  I am contacting you now as
follow-up to 
the forum and to inform you of the release of the final report.

The forum, which was intended to support information exchange and

reflection on the potential of Open Educational Resources (OER)
for 
higher education, took place over a six-week period in October
and 
November 2005, and attracted almost 500 participants from 90
countries.  
The vibrant debate - more than 700 messages were exchanged -
benefited 
from the expert input of some of the most innovative and
committed OER 
practitioners and advocates.

The highlights of that debate have been captured in the forum
report, 
which you will find attached to this message.  It is 
also available online on the project web site, at 
http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/forumsfiche.php?quer
yforumspages_id=23.  
Please do forward the report to anyone that you feel may be
interested 
by this topic.

Informal discussion is continuing in an ongoing Community of
Interest, 
which is open to new members.  A second formal forum will be held

jointly with OECD in late 2006.  You can find more information
about the 
forum and ongoing community at 
http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/forums.php.  To join

the community, please send a request 
to virtual.university at iiep.unesco.org 
<mailto:virtual.university at iiep.unesco.org>. 


I hope that the report may prove to be of interest to you.


Best regards,

Susan


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Dr. Michel J. Menou
Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management
Adviser of Somos at Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org
Member of the founding steering committee of 
Telecenters of the Americas Partnership
http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire,
France
Email: Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr
Phone: +33 (0)2 41511043
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php
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