ROUNDTABLE OPEN EDUCATION IN MOLDOVA: HERE AND NOW
On April 26, 2016, within Educational Center PRO DIDACTICA, was held an important event dedicated to a new concept for the Moldovan context: open educational resources (OER). This event was attended by decision makers from the Ministry of Education, members of the Coalition for Open Educational Resources in Moldova (13 institutions, NGOs), representatives from the General Departments of Education, Youth and Sport, trainers of the center, didactical staff from schools and universities, interested in the issue. The experts from Romania, Ovidiu Voicu, director of the Department of Public Policy of the Open Society Foundation from Romania and Nicolae Constantinescu (kosson.ro), one of the authors and implementers of the introduction course in OER and free licenses for didactical staff in Romania, have presented the international experience and Romanian practice both at the secondary and higher education levels.
The founding meeting of the Coalition for Open Educational Resources in Moldova took place on 3rd March 2016, within Educational Center PRO DIDACTICA. During this workshop, Ms. Rima BEZEDE, President of Center welcomed the audience and introduced the international context of the project, and the experts Viorica GORAŞ-POSTICĂ and Valeriu GORINCIOI have exposed the activities of the project “Open Education in Moldova: Here and Now!” .
During the period of 9 -11 February 2016, the Educational Center PRO DIDACTICA has organized the second training session on „Critical thinking for the professional skills development”. Participants, teachers – representatives from several vocational schools from the Republic of Moldova, focused this time on critical thinking strategies designed to promote cooperative learning, having in objective to form habits of teamwork.