{"id":66416,"date":"2017-11-17T18:05:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prodidactica.md\/en\/?p=66416"},"modified":"2017-12-19T12:40:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T10:40:49","slug":"conference-open-education-resources-here-and-now-phase-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/prodidactica.md\/en\/conference-open-education-resources-here-and-now-phase-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CONFERENCE \u201cOPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES: HERE AND NOW\u201d- PHASE II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RED\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 17 of November 2017, within the Educational Center\u00a0PRO DIDACTICA (Armeneasca 13 str., Chisinau), a closing Conference<\/em> \u201cOpen Education in Moldova: Here and Now\u201d \u2013 phase II <\/em>was held. This event was attended by policy makers from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of the Republic of Moldova, members of the Coalition for Open Educational Resources in Moldova, representatives from the General Departments of Education, Youth and Sport, trainers of the Center, finalists of the OER Contest, as well as didactical staff from schools and universities,\u00a0interested in the issue.<\/p>\n

During the event, the EC PRO DIDACTICA presented the achievements of the project Open Education in Moldova: Here and Now – phase II,<\/em>\u00a0 which was implemented in the period October 2016 \u2013 December 2017, with financial support of the Institute of Open Society Foundation, in cooperation with the Education Support Program of the Open Society Foundation; the relevant use of OER for different educational actors was debated; the results for the Republican Contest of the best open educational resources, determining a better access for an open education and the Guide \u201cOpen Educational Resources: opportunities for access, quality and relevance\u201d<\/a><\/em> have also been presented.<\/p>\n

At the Contest participated more than 40 teachers, 20 of them, authors of original digital teaching materials, including teaching projects, presentations, blogs and educational movies coming to the final stage. The finalists were chosen by an independent jury formed of experts in the field, based on objective criteria\u2019s set in advance. The winning works will get free license and will become open educational resources, for every person interested in adapting it to his own necessities (http:\/\/red.prodidactica.md\/resurse-red\/red-nationale\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The aim of the project was to continue to promote an advocacy campaign for fostering changes in policy documents which are important for incorporating OER in policies and to strengthen the capacity of teachers in providing access to quality education for all through sharing OER in a transparent and efficient way. Among action beneficiaries there are pupils, teachers, institutions, parents, students, political actors, public institutions, ONGs etc.<\/p>\n

According to the definition\u00a0proposed by\u00a0UNESCO in\u00a02002, OER\u00a0are\u00a0educational resources\u00a0that can be used\u00a0and reused freely,\u00a0without restrictions, legal and\u00a0technological\u00a0costs,\u00a0by anyone<\/em>. Their use\u00a0in the performance of\u00a0public programs\u00a0is one of the\u00a0basic principles of\u00a0good governance:\u00a0what\u00a0is\u00a0produced on\u00a0public money should be\u00a0available\u00a0to the public\u00a0free of charge.<\/em> In Moldova, the activity\u00a0of producing\u00a0RED\u00a0is\u00a0in its early stages,\u00a0but there are\u00a0significant\u00a0opportunities\u00a0for the future.\u00a0The expected impact is the development and production use OER practices in Moldova, in order to include OER in existing and future educational policies.<\/p>\n

Project expert: dr.hab. conf.univ. Viorica Gora\u015f-Postic\u0103<\/em>
\nCoordinator: Cristina Bujac, EC PRO DIDACTICA<\/em>
\nContacts: <\/em>cbujac@prodidactica.md<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Tel. 069233782<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t