Hi,
Two days ago there was an Open Educational Resources in Poland
Conference. The conference was organized under the honorary patronage
of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Mr. Bronisław
Komorowski, by Coalition for Open Education of which Wikimedia Polska
is one of 4th memebers. The conference took place on Thursday, April
23 at. 12.00-16.00 CEST in the Column Hall of the Sejm (Polish
Parliament) of the Republic of Poland (Warsaw, ul. Wiejska 4/6/8).
More than 100 people participated in the Conference, among others
several Polish MPs, Minister of Eduaction, Marshal of Polish lower
house of Parliament (Sejm) and several other VIPs. , Melissa Hagemann
(Open Society Institute) who is also a member of Advisory Committee of
Wikimedia Foundation had the final summary speach.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
12.00 - 12.30 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Jarosław Lipszyc (Chairman KOED, Foundation Modern Poland)
Bronisław Komorowski, Marshal of the Sejm
Katarzyna Hall, Minister of National Education
Ewa Kuziemska Director at Ministry of Science
12.30 - 14.00: SESSION I: OPEN EDUCATION - PRESENTATION OF ISSUES
Moderator: Bożena Bednarek-Michalska (The Polish Librarians Association)
Susan D'Antoni (UNESCO): "Open Educatonal Resources: Building a
Culture of Sharing "
prof. Richard Baraniuk (project Connexions, Rice University): "The
Open Education Movement: A Modern Approach to Teaching and Learning "
prof. dr hab. Marek Niezgódka (ICM UW): "An open model of
communication in science and education"
14.00 - 14.20 COFFEE BREAK
14.20 - 15.20: SESSION II: OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN POLAND
Moderator: Bożena Bednarek-Michalska (The Polish Librarians Association)
Krzysztof Stanowski (Ministry of National Education) and dr Grażyna
Czetweryńska (Warsaw University): "Polish school - open educational
resources for the Pole-in outside the country"
dr Alek Tarkowski (ICM UW): "The regulation of open education and learning"
dr hab. Tomasz Ganicz (Wikimedia Poland): "Open access to the public contents"
15.20 - 16.00 DEPUTIES STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION
Krzysztof Tyszkiewicz (MP)
Marcin Zawiła (MP)
Andrzej Celiński (MP)
Comments and final remarks: Jarosław Lipszyc (Foundation Modern
Poland) and Melissa Hagemann (Open Society Institute)
We hope, the conference will bring more attention and understanding to
the Open Educational Resources in Poland, especially in case of
Polish MP's and members of goverment.
--
Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
http://www.ptchem.lodz.pl/en/TomaszGanicz.html