Promoting OER Concepts, Reuse and Practices in the Arab Countries
Details of the organization
Name *
Al-Quds Open University
Country *
Palestine
Website (URL)
http://www.qou.edu/home/englishIndexPage.do
Type *
Others
Information about the project
Project title *
Promoting OER Concepts, Reuse and Practices in the Arab Countries
Title acronym
OER SMART Course
Description *
A Self-Learning Open Online Course called “OER SMART Course is developed according the results of the need assessment that conducted between August and September 2017 in Palestine and Jordan with objectives: 1. Raising awareness about OER concepts, use and evaluation. 2. Enhancing Open Educational Practices (OEPs). 3. Understanding the creative commons licenses. 4. Designing SMART learning scenarios for OERs. 5. Understanding the international guidelines to adopt OER in the official education. This project was proposed by QOU in Palestine with partnership with ministry of education in Jordan and funded by UNESCO, Cairo office. The main targets of those workshops: • Build the capacity of the 40 experts (academics, teachers and decision makers) to act with confidence as Trainers in OER, disseminating also the OER course to their colleagues and students. • Establishing an OER movement and community in Palestine and Jordan which can be expanded to other Arab countries, forming the basis of an Arab House of OER.
Project website
http://dspace.qou.edu/contents/oer
Geographical coverage *
Regional implementation
Regions of implementation
Asia and Pacific
Countries of implementation
Jordan
Status *
Completed
from 14/08/2017
to
14/12/2017
Partners
Al-Quds Open University (QOU) as the applicant. Country Palestine. Queen Rania Center for Educational technology and information, Ministry of education as a Partner. Country Jordan.
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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International and regional cooperation
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Project type *
Project
Programme
Training initiative
Guidelines
Tool-kit
Website
Database
Smart Application for SMARTPHONES
