2. Open Educational Resources
teaching, learning and research materials in any
medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the
public domain or have been released under an
open license that permits no-cost access, use,
adaptation and redistribution by others with no or
limited restrictions. Open licensing is built within
the existing framework of intellectual property
rights as defined by relevant international
conventions and respects the authorship of the
work
3. OER Declaration Process
No of Consultation meetings held: 06
No of Countries represented in the
Consultation meetings: 89
No of participants at the Consultation
meetings: 265
No of Countries represented in the OER
Congress: 80
No of participants in the OER Congress: 336
4. Recommendations related to
Government
Promote awareness and use of OER
Bridge digital divide by developing infrastructure
(broadband, mobile, electricity)
Develop national policy for OER
Promote use of Open licencing frameworks
Support capacity building initiatives on OER
Encourage and support research on OER
Adopt open standards and technologies for
interoperability
Encourage open license for materials produced
using public funds
5. Recommendations related to
Institutions
Promote awareness and use of OER
Improve media and information literacy
Develop institutional policies for OER
Educate stakeholders on open licenses and
copyright
Promote quality assurance and peer review of OER
Develop strategic partnerships to avoid duplication
of work as well as technologies
Encourage and support research on OER
Develop tools to facilitate access to OER
6. Recommendations related to
Teachers
Promote awareness and use of OER
Develop and use OER
Engage in peer review of OER
Promote quality of OER
Develop OER in local languages
Contextualize OER
Conduct research on OER
Share learning materials prepared
7. OER benefits endorsed by the
Declaration
Promote lifelong learning
Contribute to social inclusion, gender equity
and education for the special needs
Improve cost-efficiency and quality of
teaching and learning
8. Areas of concern emphasized in the
Declaration
Understanding of Copyright
Awareness about open licensing
OER policy development
Development of OER
Digital divide