For those at Wikimedia that would like to partake in the conversation, we
will meet to discuss the Wikipedia & Education User Group on Saturday at
10:30, in front of Drummond West, 3rd floor.
Best Regards,
Vahid.
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Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
https://www.change.org/p/universit%C3%A9s-d%C3%A9claration-du-maroc-sur-les…
Building on UNESCO’s 2012 Paris OER Declaration and on the European
Commissions Opening Up Education Initiative, the present Declaration
calls on the Moroccan Government and on all sectors of Moroccan
education to endorse the following recommendations:
a. Foster awareness of all forms of open education across all
sectors of Moroccan education, promoting Open Education Practices and
the use of Open Educational Resources to widen access to lifelong
learning at all levels.
b. Encourage the use of open licenses (e.g. Creative Commons) for
all educational materials produced with public funds, enabling different
kinds of use, while respecting the rights of copyright holders.
c. Encourage the development and adaptation of Open Education
Resources in a variety of local languages and diverse cultural contexts
to ensure their relevance and accessibility.
d. Support the development of user-friendly ICT tools to find,
retrieve and share Open Education Resources that are relevant to the
needs of teachers and learners, based on open standards to ensure
interoperability and reuse of open courses, resources and assessment
materials.
e. Reinforce the development of institutional strategies for Open
Educational Resources and open online courses, including rewarding and
incentives schemes for the staff adopting Open Education Practices
f. Support capacity building on Open Education through adequately
funded professional development programmes for teachers and other key
personnel, which take into account local needs and the full diversity of
learners.
g. Foster strategic Open Education alliances at national and
international level, creating opportunities for sharing openly licensed
courses and materials, and ensuring sustainability across all sectors
and levels.
h. Encourage and fund research on Open Education, in order to
strengthen the evidence base for public investment in Open Education in
general and Open Educational Resources in particular.
i. Support the Open Education community in Morocco, by organising
an annual event where Open Education practitioners and researchers can
present their work and share expertise and by promoting the
participation of Open Education practitioners and researchers from
Morocco at relevant international academic events so their work can gain
more visibility
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Nemo
Hello education community!
I'm happy to announce that the new issue of This Month in Education
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News> is out. If you are
going to Wikimania make sure to check out the article about all of the
education related sessions. We also have some really interesting community
submissions this month, don't miss them!
Like an article? Have a question?* Please contribute your thoughts* on the
article's talk page!
I'd like to take this time to also say that* we'd love to have more
volunteers work with us to produce this newsletter.* Having monthly issues
is a great way to make sure we are aware of what is going on with WEP
around the world, but also requires a lot of bandwidth from our small team.
Please reach out if you are willing to join us :D.
Finally, we want your stories! *Don't forget to submit your stories for the
next issue by 20 August! *You can submit by heading to the newsroom
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom>and
using the input box.
best,
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*Nichole Saad*
WMF | Education Program Manager
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
*Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1