Theme: Open Educational Resources

On November 9-10, 2017 the International Conference “Open Professional Cooperation for Open Learning” was organized by the European Network of Distance and E-Learning (EDEN), the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies… Read more UNESCO IITE co-organized the International Conference “Open Professional Collaboration for Open Classroom”

On 18-20 September 2017 the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) took part in the 2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress “OER for Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education: From Commitment to Action” organized in Ljubljana, Slovenia by UNESCO and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia in partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning, Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO, UNESCO Chair in Open Technologies for OER and Open Learning and Creative Commons with generous support of William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Read more UNESCO IITE at the 2nd World Open Educational Resources Congress

On March 29th–31st, 2017, the workshop “Supporting in the development of the Multimedia and Open Educational Resources for the Secondary Specialized and Professional Education provision in Uzbekistan” was held in Samarkand (Republic of Uzbekistan). Read more Workshop on Open Educational Resources was held in the Republic of Uzbekistan

UNESCO IITE participated in the Europe Regional Consultation “OER for Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education: From   Commitment to Action” held on February 23-24, 2017 by UNESCO, the Commonwealth of Learning in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Employment (MEDE), Malta. Read more IITE participated in the Europe Regional Consultation on Open Educational Resources 

From 26 to 27 September 2016, the LangOER (Enhance Teaching and Learning of Less Used Languages through OER/OEP) project, in cooperation with the Educational Repositories Network (EdReNe), held its conference titled ‘Open Education: Promoting Diversity for European Languages’ in Brussels, Belgium. Read more UNESCO IITE at LangOER Conference

The monograph “Open Educational Resources: Policy, Costs, Transformation” is out of press. It was published in English in 2016 by UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning. The chapter “Open Access to Educational Resources Through Federal Portals and OER in Russia” was co-authored by Dr. Svetlana Knyazeva (UNESCO IITE), and Mr. Alexey Sigalov. Read more UNESCO IITE article on OER in Russia