Hi there fellow Open Educators, Have some great news to share... not sure how many of you have been following this process at UNESCO, but, they unanimously adopted a new draft recommendation on OER<https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Draft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018-text-for-online-consultation-ENG.pdf?fbclid=IwAR17O6mV2XHgztWWJIwIoiGJYy6Rw7bbULc6Gs7J4OGOxRfpyDb_hDvnxqo> to support the achievement of the UN's 2030 Development Agenda. Recommendations include five objectives: * building capacity of stakeholders to create, access, use, adapt, and redistribute OER; * developing supportive policy at the national level; * encouraging inclusive and equitable quality OER; * nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER; and * facilitating international cooperation. The recommendation is expected to be approved next week at the UN General Conference next week. oercongress.org www.oercongress.org<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oercongress.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F04%2FDraft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018-text-for-online-consultation-ENG.pdf%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1oe3fD_ne8gqcPREl04LA4z2Lx-8pT6HIT86xGGVycqvSciUgBegVGy50&h=AT3R_igzNn8h3teHkUx59FZ8OUWVHjr68Y_qCTbes7oX5srKohc_69DZf0YFgAR7jRkaFKdYZAWUe23PQxe0L15FrW2gjY5IlcbYFpnIeAHkSY_RY2HUzA8Y5ayMqt7WRHg3pqahwhLCm8mNecJ8EAfcE8hroblrf-tjV_rXb4JNDC9Ja4ZFO-phKj4UM8M8LbDTY45Zjsq3Q81Gqk8nfYOgEogEjljcf19Vo_VNnl6RiHNOELMCz5i9sc8nO76LZl01xaHhaaHKI8MqI7qQp96R7H-0YM6vbFeJSmGMz6s7cdhRe8Zf8acQ1hfHuHYg2AYgnRLc_ztxj25DQjEhqdEcRMLnqDi0iE2vwsQnnVr-pGk7G06t6n5Q0Ac34woBoaaf00w2MdHiq9jczV1HfAxsSwKMqC3bfq-D848JzHaSUh3nGRm5ENMeZp0Pofb0Lm1nm0klK7-byNygf8mG32VPr7wLN9J0sL6_Czna-EojmKh3oA_RuVH21rcTDrIrZSPZZKffFGsLGsC4ruVQewCdFFs__j3fELF05YLZgyxYXdkjN4ecEt1Z26aruuVLqqAqHs2OmOiTG4AsglRAGWBGf_neMijiTrNXK5yv5wB131wgZmt-DeTy> Cheers, Rosario [rosario.jpg] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc Education for a Complex World Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail