Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally

Abstract

CREATIVE COMMONS GLOBAL SUMMIT, Warsaw, 15-18 September 2011 Plenary Session: Powering an Open Future: the Future of Sharing Culture, Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally by Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić & Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning // It is a great pleasure to be here with you and to make a joint presentation with Sir John Daniel, first drawing on our experiences at UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in creating a sharing culture for OER and then outlining our aspirations for expanding the adaptation and re-purposing of OER much more widely. // We have entitled our presentation Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally, which is also the title of a new project that COL and UNESCO are implementing with support from the Hewlett Foundation. // I shall begin by giving some background and tracking the decade-long trajectory that has led our two intergovernmental organisations to this particular project.