Regional Policy Forum for Latin America
28 - 29 March 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue:
Universidade Gama filho
Address: Avenida Presidente Vargas, 62, Centro, Rio de Janeiro - 20071-000, Brazil
In order to raise global awareness for the 2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress, UNESCO in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Learning is holding a number of regional policy forums on OER around the world. The objectives of the forums are to:
All Latin American countries were invited to the Forum through their Permanent Delegations to UNESCO.
Final Report on the Latin America Regional OER Policy Forum
Programme for the Latin America Regional OER Policy Forum
List of Participants
Keynote by Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning
Presentations
Carolina Rossini, REA Brasil
Gregory Earle Doyle, OER Health Africa and Kathleen Omollo, OER Health Michigan
Helmut Evanir Bergenthal Román, Ministry of Education and Culture, Representative, Paraguay
Rafael Parente, Educopédia, Brazil
Werner Westermann Juarez, Educalibre, Chile
Xavier Antonio Ochoa Chehab, Director of the Research Program on Teaching and Learning Technologies, Ecuador
Panel Discussions - Plural perspectives on OER
José Luis Sanchez, Gama Filho University
Maria Eugenia Nuñez, Argentina
Paulo Teixeira, Federal Deputy Brazil
Pilar Saenz, Creative Commons Latin America
Tel Amiel, UNICAMP
For more information :
Mr. Abel Caine a.caine@unesco.org
ICT in Education,
Science and Culture Section
Knowledge Societies Division
Communication and
Information (CI) Sector
UNESCO
Universidade Gama filho
Address: Avenida Presidente Vargas, 62, Centro, Rio de Janeiro - 20071-000, Brazil
In order to raise global awareness for the 2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress, UNESCO in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Learning is holding a number of regional policy forums on OER around the world. The objectives of the forums are to:
- intensify dialogue with Governments on OER;
- showcase local OER policies, experts and initiatives; and
- contribute to the drafting of the Paris Declaration.
All Latin American countries were invited to the Forum through their Permanent Delegations to UNESCO.
Final Report on the Latin America Regional OER Policy Forum
Programme for the Latin America Regional OER Policy Forum
List of Participants
Keynote by Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning
Presentations
Carolina Rossini, REA Brasil
Gregory Earle Doyle, OER Health Africa and Kathleen Omollo, OER Health Michigan
Helmut Evanir Bergenthal Román, Ministry of Education and Culture, Representative, Paraguay
Rafael Parente, Educopédia, Brazil
Werner Westermann Juarez, Educalibre, Chile
Xavier Antonio Ochoa Chehab, Director of the Research Program on Teaching and Learning Technologies, Ecuador
Panel Discussions - Plural perspectives on OER
José Luis Sanchez, Gama Filho University
Maria Eugenia Nuñez, Argentina
Paulo Teixeira, Federal Deputy Brazil
Pilar Saenz, Creative Commons Latin America
Tel Amiel, UNICAMP
For more information :
Mr. Abel Caine a.caine@unesco.org
ICT in Education,
Science and Culture Section
Knowledge Societies Division
Communication and
Information (CI) Sector
UNESCO
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