OER

Toronto (CA), October 2017 - The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Executive Committee has voted to establish an OER advocacy committee. The idea was to reinforce advocacy and increase recognition, policy support, uptake, and use and reuse of OER; to promote collaboration within and attention to the field; and to provide supportive advocacy guidance to ICDE members and stakeholders. During the 27th ICDE World Conference in Toronto, Canada, the OER Advocacy Committee will be officially launched.

Ljubljana (SI), October 2017 - The second international World OER Congress 2017, held 18-20 September, led to the approval of the Ljubljana OER Action Plan and a revival of the quality debate. Experts and national delegates from 111 countries adopted the 41 recommended actions by acclamation. All United Nations' Member States are urged to mainstream open-licensed resources building knowledge societies and to achieve the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Quality Education. 

Berlin, September 2017 - Ein Minicomputer für die Grundschule – die Initiative "Calliope mini" ist 2017 in aller Munde. Das dazugehörige Lehrermaterial vom Cornelsen Verlag hilft dabei, die Platine als faszinierendes Werkzeug im Unterricht einzusetzen. Der Band "Coden mit dem Calliope mini – Programmieren in der Grundschule" richtet sich an Pädagogen ab Klasse 3. Auf 64 Seiten bekommen Grundschullehrkräfte elf konkrete Coding-Beispiele der Fächer Sachunterricht, Deutsch und Mathematik – abgestimmt auf Inhalte aus den Lehrplänen. 

Brussels (BE), April 2017 - As the keynote and speaker list steadily expands, WLS 2017 offers an event of the highest order to meet and discuss the latest learning innovations. The World Learning Summit will highlight the challenge of open educational resources in an age of accelerated development of new learning technologies. WLS 2017 is organized in collaboration among the University of Agder (Norway), the Norwegian Business School, the Open University of the Netherlands, and the Stanford University HStar Institute.