{"id":91,"date":"2014-12-06T03:10:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T03:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/openedreader\/chapter\/open-educational-resources-2012-paris-declaration\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T21:33:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:33:24","slug":"open-educational-resources-2012-paris-declaration","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/openedreader\/chapter\/open-educational-resources-2012-paris-declaration\/","title":{"raw":"UNESCO, &#8220;2012 Paris OER Declaration&#8221;","rendered":"UNESCO, &#8220;2012 Paris OER Declaration&#8221;"},"content":{"raw":"Read the article at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/vnSHjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/vnSHjk<\/a>\n\n<strong>Background<\/strong>\n\nThe Paris Declaration is a product of the World Open Educational Resource Congress, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), that took place in Paris, France, on June 20-22, 2012.\n\n<strong>Key Points<\/strong>\n\nThe Declaration builds upon several United Nations and UNESCO declarations and conventions concerning education as a universally human right and the promotion of multilingual and multicultural materials.\n\nThe Paris Declaration states:\n<ul>\n\t<li>Foster awareness and use of OER \u2013 contributing to social inclusion and lifelong learning.<\/li>\n\t<li>Facilitate enabling environments for ICT \u2013 bridge the digital divide.<\/li>\n\t<li>Reinforce the development of strategies of policies on OER.<\/li>\n\t<li>Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks.<\/li>\n\t<li>Support capacity building for the sustainable development of materials \u2013 support institutions and teachers in building OER.<\/li>\n\t<li>Foster strategic alliances for OER.<\/li>\n\t<li>Encourage the development and adaptation of OER in a variety of languages and cultural contexts.<\/li>\n\t<li>Encourage research on OER.<\/li>\n\t<li>Facilitate finding, retrieving and sharing OER.<\/li>\n\t<li>Encourage the open licensing of educational materials produced with public funds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Discussion\u00a0Questions<\/strong><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>\n<ol>\n\t<li>What progress has been made on the 10 recommendations since the Paris Declaration?<\/li>\n\t<li>Are any of the recommendations obsolete? Which ones, and why?<\/li>\n\t<li>Have any of the recommendations been fulfilled?\u00a0Which ones, and why?<\/li>\n\t<li>Do any recommendations need to be updated, adjusted, or strengthened? Which ones, and why?<\/li>\n\t<li>Is anything missing from the list? 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