Course in Open Education Design
Today, a five-day course on open learning started at the University of Nova Gorica’s premises at the Lanthieri Mansion. It will take place until Friday, July 6th.
The organizers of the course are the University of Nova Gorica and the UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning, which is part of the »Jožef Stefan« Institute. The guests were greeted by the Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik.
The aim of the course is to equip the participants with basic knowledge, practical advice and hands-on experience to prepare them for their own design of Open Educational Resources (OER). The participants will get familiar with open education design processes, methods and tools. They will learn how to align open education with developmental and strategic goals. They will get basic knowledge about open education concepts, about pedagogical and didactical issues as well as about content related issues in open education. They will learn from OER experts and practitioners.
The lecturers and the attendees come from 17 countries (Slovenia, Brazil, Fiji, France, Greece, India, Italy, South African Republic, Canada, Kenya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Germany, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, USA).
More information : http://unesco.ijs.si/event/open-education-design/
Andreja Leban, Public Relations
