*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/1FAIpQLSdHGzJZQqs3kbWclQeN5xI7P9e2OY-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*
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*
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Hi Mina,
I can't promise that we'll have time to read them, but please do send the links! Thanks for already putting so much thought into this important topic.
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:18 AM, Mina Theofilatou saintfevrier@gmail.com wrote:
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*
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Hi everyone,
Thank you Nichole for sharing the link. Wikimedia Deutschland is working for some years in the field of open Educational Ressources (oer) and we also think that we can improve a lot in the Situation of opening up education.
Great to hear this political work also starts to grow in the movement. It is the necessary environment for our work to grow.
We are also working an a Statement für the UNESCO declaration. On the Website you can download the declaration in english and the way to comment is very easy. So I also empower everyone interested to comment.
Thanks for your ideas mina.
All the best, Elly
Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org schrieb am Di., 15. Mai 2018, 11:46:
Hi Mina,
I can't promise that we'll have time to read them, but please do send the links! Thanks for already putting so much thought into this important topic.
best,uh
Nichole
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:18 AM, Mina Theofilatou saintfevrier@gmail.com wrote:
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*
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
*Dear Colleagues,Thanks to Nichole for sharing this great news! At WMUK, we have recently carried out at a research exploring the potentials of Wikimedia projects in digital and information literacy development. We propose a framework of skills and education modules based on the framework in the WM context, that are relevant for SDG4.*
*Although the document has a focus on the UK, other chapters and user groups might benefit from our work, and use its findings to develop a similar approach to integrate WM, OER, and digital skill education, taking into account, of course, local environmental factors. Please find the document attached.*
Wishing you a nice day,
WMUK team
On 15 May 2018 at 10:45, Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Mina,
I can't promise that we'll have time to read them, but please do send the links! Thanks for already putting so much thought into this important topic.
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:18 AM, Mina Theofilatou saintfevrier@gmail.com wrote:
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*
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Hi Agnes,
Can you attach the framework? I'm excited to look into it!
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Agnes Bruszik < agnes.bruszik@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
*Dear Colleagues,Thanks to Nichole for sharing this great news! At WMUK, we have recently carried out at a research exploring the potentials of Wikimedia projects in digital and information literacy development. We propose a framework of skills and education modules based on the framework in the WM context, that are relevant for SDG4.*
*Although the document has a focus on the UK, other chapters and user groups might benefit from our work, and use its findings to develop a similar approach to integrate WM, OER, and digital skill education, taking into account, of course, local environmental factors. Please find the document attached.*
Wishing you a nice day,
WMUK team
On 15 May 2018 at 10:45, Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Mina,
I can't promise that we'll have time to read them, but please do send the links! Thanks for already putting so much thought into this important topic.
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:18 AM, Mina Theofilatou <
saintfevrier@gmail.com>
wrote:
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*
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Best,
*Agnes Bruszik - *Programme Evaluation Assistant Wikimedia UK +44 2033720769
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Hi Agnes,
it would really be interesting to look at it. Thank you for sharing. And thank you all for the insights!
best, Elly
Herzlichst,
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2018-05-21 8:32 GMT+02:00 Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org:
Hi Agnes,
Can you attach the framework? I'm excited to look into it!
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Agnes Bruszik < agnes.bruszik@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
*Dear Colleagues,Thanks to Nichole for sharing this great news! At WMUK, we have recently carried out at a research exploring the potentials of Wikimedia projects in digital and information literacy development. We propose a framework of skills and education modules based on the
framework
in the WM context, that are relevant for SDG4.*
*Although the document has a focus on the UK, other chapters and user groups might benefit from our work, and use its findings to develop a similar approach to integrate WM, OER, and digital skill education,
taking
into account, of course, local environmental factors. Please find the document attached.*
Wishing you a nice day,
WMUK team
On 15 May 2018 at 10:45, Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Mina,
I can't promise that we'll have time to read them, but please do send
the
links! Thanks for already putting so much thought into this important topic.
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:18 AM, Mina Theofilatou <
saintfevrier@gmail.com>
wrote:
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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-- Best,
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Dear all,
We have prepared comments on the UNESCO draft. Please find them in our blog https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/05/31/unesco-calls-for-participation-recommendations-on-open-educational-resources/. More comments and suggestions can still be submitted until June 1st via this link https://www.oercongress.org/unesco-oer-recommendation/.
Comments on our comments? Please feel free to get back to us :)
Best regards,
Christina
Thanks Christina
This is a really clear explanation of both the process and the comments. I'm very much in agreement with you about considering open data and open source software and hardware as part of OERs.
Best
John
Best
John
On Thu, 31 May 2018 at 18:13, Christina Rupprecht < christina.rupprecht@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Dear all,
We have prepared comments on the UNESCO draft. Please find them in our blog < https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/05/31/unesco-calls-for-participation-recommen...
.
More comments and suggestions can still be submitted until June 1st via this link https://www.oercongress.org/unesco-oer-recommendation/.
Comments on our comments? Please feel free to get back to us :)
Best regards,
Christina
--
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Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
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2018-05-22 9:40 GMT+02:00 Elly Koepf elly.koepf@wikimedia.de:
Hi Agnes,
it would really be interesting to look at it. Thank you for sharing. And thank you all for the insights!
best, Elly
Herzlichst,
Elly Köpf Projektmanagerin Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.de
Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!http://spenden.wikimedia.de/
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
2018-05-21 8:32 GMT+02:00 Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org:
Hi Agnes,
Can you attach the framework? I'm excited to look into it!
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Agnes Bruszik < agnes.bruszik@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
*Dear Colleagues,Thanks to Nichole for sharing this great news! At
WMUK,
we have recently carried out at a research exploring the potentials
of
Wikimedia projects in digital and information literacy development.
We
propose a framework of skills and education modules based on the
framework
in the WM context, that are relevant for SDG4.*
*Although the document has a focus on the UK, other chapters and user groups might benefit from our work, and use its findings to develop a similar approach to integrate WM, OER, and digital skill education,
taking
into account, of course, local environmental factors. Please find the document attached.*
Wishing you a nice day,
WMUK team
On 15 May 2018 at 10:45, Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Mina,
I can't promise that we'll have time to read them, but please do
send
the
links! Thanks for already putting so much thought into this
important
topic.
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:18 AM, Mina Theofilatou <
saintfevrier@gmail.com>
wrote:
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*
> > > -- > *Nichole Saad* > WMF | Education Program Manager > nsaad@wikimedia.org > user: NSaad (WMF) > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > Education@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad@wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Best,
*Agnes Bruszik - *Programme Evaluation Assistant Wikimedia UK +44 2033720769
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support
our
work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London
EC2A
4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation
(who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
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