Organized by the OER Brazilian Project: Challenges and Perspectives and the Fundacao Getulio Vargas School of Law in Sao Paulo, and funded by the Open Society Institute, this conference aim to foster the debate on public policies for development and adoption of OERs. Check the complete agenda in English and register here.
As countries worldwide move to implement open education projects, and developing nations in particular look to use the Internet to replace outdated and insufficient educational systems, an examination of existing work is in order. It is important to provide a map of lessons learned, and to understand how existing projects can be connected to one another to create the largest possible impact for both educators and learners.
Our goal is to examine these broad issues within the lens of a detailed examination of the Brazilian experience applying ICTs to education in policy, technology, pedagogy, and the impact of the emerging concept of “open educational resources” in both theory and practice.
This conference will present results and discuss recommendations from the OER Brazil Project, including a green-paper, funded by the Open Society Institute. The conference aims to open the door for a richer discussion focused on OER through sharing information on international and national OER projects. The idea is to transform the conference into a working group and draft recommendations for future public policy for OER in Brazil, in preparation for the 2010 National Conference on Education.
