On 15th May, the 2017 edition of the Open Education Romania conference took place in the National Library in Bucharest. The event was organized by Asociatia pentru Tehnologie si Internet – ApTI and the Center for Public Innovation, together with the Open Government Partnership team from the Romanian government. Among attendants were teachers and educators, […]
Can every teacher in Europe display YouTube videos during his or her lesson? Or photocopy the entire book for their students? Share the images found in the Internet? The answer is – no, not every of them and not everywhere. The rules that govern what is allowed and what is not allowed for the educator […]
In 2015, the Polish government launched an online repository of open, Creative Commons Attribution-licensed e-textbooks, covering the core curriculum for primary and lower secondary education. With this goal achieved, we ask ourselves: is our work done? After five years, open education activists finally saw their advocacy work bear fruit. In parallel, the government changed the textbook funding model, […]
How to secure user rights in education? This was the question we asked during a policy debate organised by Communia and hosted by MEP Michał Boni in the European Parliament on the 17th of November. Panelists, politicians and stakeholders participating in this debate discussed two approaches: the creation and use of Open Educational Resources (OER), and a […]
