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Welcome to "Developing an OER Policy"

OER can significantly contribute to improving teaching and learning
by making high-quality educational provision universally accessible and ensuring that learning content is state-of-the-art.

These guidelines are intended for a small group of stakeholders, who would like to learn more about OER policy design. Each of the following units (listed below) represent a clear phase in the OER policy making process. At the end of each unit, specific tasks are set for the aspiring policy-maker. These tasks will help with formulating of the final OER policy. 

These guidelines should help aspiring policy developers to

  • Understand essential subject-matter knowledge on OER through a learning-by-doing process
  • Develop their procedural knowledge on OER policy planning, through working on key steps necessary for designing a comprehensive
    OER policy
  • Reinforce the contextual knowledge required to leverage OER in achieving SDG 4 through assessing the policy context and needs for OER, planning institutionalised programmes
  • Ensure a common commitment to policy adoption and implementation through integrating stakeholder engagement into the policy-planning process.
  • Enhance the quality of policy implementation by planning a mechanism for monitoring and evaluation, and working towards an evidence-
    based policy-planning and updating cycle
A quick orientation to some ground rules and practices we will be following on "Developing an OER Policy"