“Creation and Utilization of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Higher Education” in ICDL Conference 13-16 December 2016, New Delhi

New Delhi, December 17, 2016: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) organised half-a-day special event on the theme “Creation and Utilization of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Higher Education” on 13th December 2016, from 10.00am to 1.00pm at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi during the ICDL Conference held from 13^th to 16^th December 2016.

The event aimed at  

(a) Explaining OER and Creative Commons Licenses; and

(b) Addressing present challenges to the creation and utilization of OER. 

Prof. V.Venkaiah, Former Vice-Chancelor, Krishna University, Andhra Pradesh and Dr. Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Programme Officer Education, CEMCA, New Delhi facilitated the special interactive session.

The programme was attended by 48 institutional administrators and decision-makers, Government representatives, librarians, information science practitioners, technologists/service providers, academics and other domain experts from across the globe.

This special event on OER worked towards achieving tangible outcomes at both the policy and programme levels. The proceedings of the event culminated in a set of expert recommendations, action points and a roadmap for future activity.