UNESCO Recommendation on OER adopted
On 28 May 2019, the representatives of the member states unanimously adopted the draft of UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources. The document will be finally debated at the UNESCO General Conference that will be held in Paris this November.
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Open Education Resources (OER) encompasses educational and research materials that are freely accessible though open licences. Slovenia played an important role in the adoption of this document as it organized the 2nd World Open Education Resources Congress in 2017.
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