Nichole this is very interesting and promising! Unfortunately I do not have the time to go through the jargon and add comments... I do however have three things to offer that may help (if you - or someone else - would be willing to investigate where they could fit in!) I have co-authored two conference papers - one in Greek and one in English - on the use of Wikipedia as an OER (Greek) and teaching cultural heritage with the Wikimedia projects (English). The third is a vision paper on Open Education in Europe 2030 (this has been published on their website). If you think these would help I would be happy to send links :)
BW Mina (User:Saintfevrier)
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 6:16 PM, Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org wrote:
*Dear colleagues,As you may have heard, in March I spent a couple of weeks at UNESCO for Mobile Learning Week and to network with folks there about global goals for education and Wikimedia in education. A few really great opportunities came up, but one of them is quite pressing. The UNESCO Communications and Information Sector http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/ (CI) is leading the initiative for the General Conference https://en.unesco.org/generalconference to adopt a recommendation about the use of OERs to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). Some background information on recommendations can be found here http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23772&URL_DO=DO_ TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. A quick summary is that a recommendation, though not an enforceable policy mechanism, requires that member states who apply to it adopt national policies that align with the recommendation and report on their compliance. Essentially, we have the opportunity to be a part of influencing policy around the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in education. UNESCO adopting this policy will mean that governments around the world will be strongly compelled to support the use of OER in education. For us, this means that Wikimedia projects will have a stronger reputation in education globally. Wikimedia projects are OERs that not only allow students to consume information, but that support the critical consumption of information as well as empower students and educators to be content creators. Contributing to this policy recommendation will give us the opportunity to advocate for that message, and support the work of community members around the world who are doing education programs.We have been formally invited to participate in the open invitation for comments on this recommendation, and the deadline is set for June 1. I’m asking for your input, so that we can make this comment as a collective. Here is how you can participate: *Read the Recommendation.(There are both English https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ Draft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018- text-for-online-consultation-ENG.pdf and French https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ Draft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018- text-for-online-consultation-FR.pdf Versions)*Provide your input in this google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHGzJZQqs3kbWclQeN5xI7 P9e2OY-mlXDP35PYrXtfNWYB7A/viewform?usp=sf_link by May 18. Please note that the document itself is full of UN and policy jargon, and may be difficult to analyze. I’ve included some guiding questions in the google form that will hopefully help you to provide input. This invitation is a good first step in developing a closer relationship with UNESCO for Wikimedia projects in Education, and I hope to be sharing more opportunities with you in the future. best regards,Nichole*
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