[Sigkm-l] Just Published: "Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace" by UNESCO Publishing

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Just Published

Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace
Edited by Susan d'Antoni and Catriona Savage
Education on the Move series
Price: 12,00 €
Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2009. 
ISBN: 978-92-3-104085-6

Abstract 
Education systems today face two major challenges: expanding the reach of education and improving its quality. Traditional solutions will not suffice, especially in the context of today's knowledge-intensive societies. The Open Educational Resources movement offers one solution for extending the reach of education and expanding learning opportunities. The goal of the movement is to equalize access to knowledge worldwide through openly and freely available online high-quality content.

UNESCO has contributed to building global awareness about Open Educational Resources, through facilitating an extended conversation in cyberspace. Over the course of two years, a large and diverse international community came together in a series of online discussion forums to discuss the concept of Open Educational Resources and its potential. In making the background papers and reports from those discussions available for the first time in print, this publication seeks to share even more widely the contributions made by so many. It is intended for all who may be intrigued by the Open Educational Resources movement – its promise and its progress.

Table of Contents

Foreword/ Nicholas Burnett
Introduction/ Susan D’Antoni
SECTION 1 - A FIRST FORUM: PRESENTING THE OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) MOVEMENT
1. Open Educational Resources: an introductory note/ Sally Johnstone
2. Providing OER and related issues: an introductory note/ Anne Margulies, Richard Baraniuk, Candace Thille, David Wiley
3. Using OER and related issues: an introductory note/ Mohammed-Nabil Sabry, Peter Bateman, Pedro Aranzadi, Derrick Tate
4. Discussion highlights/ Paul Albright

SECTION 2 - ONGOING DISCUSSION
5. A research agenda for OER: discussion highlights/ Kim Tucker and Peter Bateman
6. A 'Do-It-Yourself' resource for OER: discussion highlights/ Boris Vukovic
7. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and OER: Part I - An introductory note/ Boris Vukovic with Claude Martin
Part 2 - Discussion highlights/ Boris Vukovic

SECTION 3 - A SECOND FORUM: DISCUSSING THE OECD STUDY OF OER
8. Mapping producers and users/ Jan Hylén
9. Why individuals and institutions share and use OER/ Jan Hylén
10. Discussion highlights/ Alexa Joyce

SECTION 4 - PRIORITIES FOR ACTION
11. Open Educational Resources: the way forward/ Susan D'Antoni

More Info: http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?Code_Livre=4671 

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Anup Kumar Das
New Delhi, India
http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/
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