Framing the OER policy
OER are a strategic opportunity to improve knowledge sharing, capacity building and universal access to quality learning and teaching resources.
(UNESCO, 2017b)
The Ljubljana Action Plan
OER have been recognized around the world as a key means to
enable fairer, more inclusive and equitable access to knowledge
and learning. In many parts of the world, people and
organizations are producing and reusing OER. Over the last
fifteen years, project activities on OER have proven useful, and
this has reinforced the call for them to enter the educational
system as a mainstream (i.e., common) element of all educational
practice.
This unit has introduced the concepts of the scope and scale of a policy, which determine the level at which the policy will be set and which parts of the educational system will be encompassed in the policy. Specifying the framework also provides an insight into the role regulations and incentives will be able to play in implementing the policy, based on the authority of the policy implementer to enforce or only encourage practices.
Your task is to make clear decisions about the scope and scale for the policy framework and formulate the consequences of these decisions for the implementation of the policy.