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Dear OER and Open Education Friends, I am Khin Ni Ni Thein from Myanmar. I have been involved in this process, but in the core team, for quite some years with continuous interest. I am happy to endorse the proposed updated UNESCO OER definition " as shown bel ow. - Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium 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. I am trying to get things moving in water education in Myanmar with limited time resources. You can contact me on water education issues. Bests, NiNi. ------ --- "The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence. " -- (Rabindranath Tagore) -- *Prof. Dr. Khin Ni Ni Thein (Mrs.)Secretary, Advisory Group, National Water Resources Committee (NWRC), Myanmar* * Chairperson, Yangon Region Water Management Committee * Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology ( http://aaet-asean.org) * Fellow of Myanmar Engineering Society (F.MES) * Patron of Myanmar Green Building Code drafting group, Green Building Institute, Myanmar. * Board Member of International Research Associates for Happy Society (IRAH) * Expert Panel Member of HELP, http://www.wateranddisaster.org ---- On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:26 PM, Cable Green <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings Open Education Friends, > > > > UNESCO is drafting an Open Educational Resources (OER) Recommendation. > This is an official UNESCO instrument that will both advise national > governments on how to support open education in their countries and report > on those efforts. > > > The draft Recommendation text has been prepared by a group of open > education experts from UNESCO, researchers and practitioners from all world > regions. The OER Recommendation builds on the Ljubljana OER Action Plan, > a product of the 2nd World OER Congress. > > > > The online consultation process is now open. This is an invitation to > contribute to the draft. In addition to providing your own comments, please > share this opportunity through your networks. > > > The text is available in English and French: > > - https://www.oercongress.org/unesco-oer-recommendation > > - https://www.oercongress.org/fr/recommandation-sur-les-rel > > > The deadline for submission of contributions is: 1 June, 2018. > > ---------- > > Note: Some of us have discussed taking this opportunity to update the > UNESCO OER definition. If you agree with this recommended edit, please > include it in your comments. I have included detailed*** rationale for > the edits below. > > > - Existing UNESCO OER definition: > - Open Educational Resources (OERs) are 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. > > - Proposed updated UNESCO OER definition: > - Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and > research materials in any medium 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 gratitude, > > > Cable > > > > Cable Green, PhD > Director of Open Education > Creative Commons > > @cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen> > Join: CC Open Education Platform > <https://creativecommons.org/2017/09/05/invitation-join-cc-open-education-platform/> > Join the CC Global Network. Get involved today. > <https://network.creativecommons.org/get-involved/> > > > ---------- > > > ** *Details re: suggested changes to the UNESCO OER definition: > > > (1) Change (OERs) to (OER) > > > - reason: OER is both singular and plural. > > (2) remove: "– digital or otherwise –" > > > - reason: "digital or otherwise" is redundant with “in any medium”. > "Any medium" means: text, digital or other formats. > > (3) remove: "with no or limited restrictions" > > > - reasons: > - Because all open licenses come with some kind of restriction > (e.g., the requirement to provide attribution); "limited restrictions" is > redundant with "open license." > - OER in the public domain has no restrictions. Because the > definition says "public domain" - it is redundant to say "no restrictions." > - In addition to being redundant, the phrase "limited restrictions" > implies an author might add additional, custom license restrictions on > her/his OER. 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