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UNESCO RELEASES DUBAI DECLARATION ON OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Dan Wilton · January 02, 2025

UNESCO has released its Dubai Declaration on Open Educational Resources: Digital Public Goods and Emerging Technologies for Equitable and Inclusive Access to Knowledge. from the 3rd World Open Educational Resources Congress held in Dubai, 2024. The Declaration's recommendations are:

Emerging technologies, including AI, provide opportunities to advance the 2019 Recommendation. Beyond the creation of new openly licensed content, potential applications include: facilitating the detection of existing openly licensed content online; developing techniques for effective OER curation; translating OER into multiple languages; and facilitating content indexing through the recommendation of descriptive metadata. Other emerging technologies, such as decentralized and secure digital ledger systems, could potentially ensure the provenance, integrity and lawful use of OER.

Legal frameworks are not up to date with technological advancements such as these. In the realm of intellectual property rights (IPR), the key to OER, this can lead to ambiguities on what constitutes legal use as well as issues regarding how exceptions and limitations to copyright law may be used even when a work is not openly licensed. Developing clear guidelines and policies that address these issues can help protect the rights of content creators, ensure proper attribution and create innovative technology spaces for the public good.

The Global Digital Compact and UNESCO’s ROAM-X principles, which are rights-based, open, accessible and promote multi-stakeholder participation based on cross-cutting principles, in particular gender equity, can inform policies for OER by providing a comprehensive framework that ensures inclusivity, equity and collaboration in the development and implementation of open educational resources.

These frameworks and principles, alongside the 2019 Recommendation, provide a robust foundation for developing OER. The stakeholders addressed in this document are those in the 2019 Recommendation 4. With regard to generative AI, it is important to underscore that these recommendations apply both to the inputs and outputs of large language models (LLMs). Furthermore, the principle of human-centred use of technology prevails in all recommendations. The principles of transparency and knowledge-sharing are fundamental for the implementation of these recommendations. The guidelines below aim to provide actions to harness the opportunities posed by emerging technologies, such as AI, for expanding knowledge-sharing and creation through the implementation of the 2019 Recommendation.

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ON A PATH TO OPEN: NEW REPORT ON ONTARIO'S CAPACITY TO SUPPORT OEP
Dan Wilton · November 12, 2024
Brock University’s Inclusive Education Research Lab and eCampusOntario have released On a Path to Open, a new report detailing key results from a study conducted with Ontario’s publically-supported colleges, universities, and Indigenous institutes about their capacity to support open educational practices (OEP).

This report begins with an overview of open education and OEP, chronicles the development and deployment of the Institutional Self-Assessment Tool, presents results from an online survey of Ontario institutions, and closes with 10 practical recommendations.

The full report is available here:
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CIDER SESSION ON MICRO-CREDENTIALS
Dan Wilton · September 03, 2024
The Canadian Initiative for Distance Education Research (CIDER) will be hosting a webinar on September 11, 2024, featuring Dr. Rory McGreal, UNESCO Chair in OER at Athabasca University, discussing the potentials of blockchain and artificial intelligence to empower micro-credentials.

Empowering Micro-credentials using Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Rory McGreal
September 11, 2024, 11am MT
http://www.cideresearch.ca/session/mcgreal-2024

The recognition and transfer of credits is becoming essential for students, as an increasing number of them are studying at different institutions, often at the same time online, in both traditional and unconventional settings. Micro-credentials can aid in this process by providing easily accessible and transparent evidence of skills or knowledge, certified by an authority, based on small units of learning. The development of Blockchain technology holds promise of becoming a useful enabler for supporting the storage and dissemination of micro-credentials on a global scale. Because of its immutability, Blockchain can be used to attest to students' accomplishments securely and privately under their control. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can facilitate the micro-credential assessment process as well as their maintenance and dissemination on the Blockchain.

This session will describe the important features of these three technologies for higher educational contexts, and suggest how they can work together to improve learning for students, administration for institutions, and ensure security for both.

Related chapter: Empowering Micro-credentials using Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence

Registration is not required; all are welcome. To join the session, go to:
http://www.cideresearch.ca/session/mcgreal-2024
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Dubai Declaration on Open Educational Resources (OER)
UNESCO
Emerging technologies, including AI, provide opportunities to advance the 2019 Recommendation. Beyond the creation of new openly licensed content, potential applications include: facilitating the detection of existing ...
Posted January 2, 2025

All Digital Academy Project: Upskilling Adult Educators on Key Digital Emerging Technologies
Manfredini, Alessia; Casella, Monica; Esposito, Raffaella; Marocco, Davide
Recent advances in technology present vast opportunities, yet the European Commission reports that only 56% of people aged 16–74 possess basic digital skills. To bridge this gap, the All Digital Academy (ADA) project ...
Posted December 30, 2024

An In-Depth Look at MOOW's Innovative Approach in Higher Education
Luongo, Maria; Sica, Luigia Simona; Ponticorvo, Michela
The article examines the Massive Open Online Workshop (MOOW), a new educational model supported by the European Union that serves as an innovative alternative to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and digital ...
Posted December 30, 2024

Innovative Ways to Design Open Education Resources for Marginalized Communities
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Internal security challenges in African countries have resulted in large numbers of displaced persons. In 2022 the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that there are 2 million persons internally displaced in ...
Posted December 28, 2024

The Impact of Adopting OER Videos as Supplementary Resources on Student Scores and Engagement
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Open educational resources (OER) have gained immense popularity in recent years, due to their ability to offer students and educators access to high-quality, free-to-use educational materials. The widespread use of OER ...
Posted December 28, 2024

Accesibilidad en REA para el aprendizaje de inglés como lengua extranjera en Educación Primaria y Secundaria
Sánchez Martín, Carlos
Los Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA) son documentos, materiales y contenidos educativos disponibles de forma gratuita y abierta para ser utilizados en contextos de enseñanza, aprendizaje o investigación, y la ...
Posted December 17, 2024

Determinants of open educational resources adoption and their impact on educational sustainability: A cross-cultural comparison using SEM-fsQCA
Alkawsi, Gamal; Al-Sharafi, Mohammed A.; AlAjmi, Qasim
This cross-cultural study investigates the factors influencing the adoption of open educational resources (OER) and their impact on educational sustainability in Malaysia and Oman. The research extends the Unified ...
Posted December 17, 2024