The Iniciativa Educação Aberta (IEA) or Open Education Initiative is a partnership between the UNESCO Chair for Open Education and Educadigital Institute. A joint effort to advance Open Education and OER as part of a digital rights agenda in Brazil and the region since 2008. Their work includes professional development, mentoring in educational policy, research. publications, resource production and repositories, as well as on-site and distance education.
Three recent highlights include an open course on OE/OER for over 300 higher education personnel, an OER Guidebook for policy makers and the “Open Education Policy Game”, a board game that support public and private institutions in the process of building and implementing open education policies based on an integrated vision of pedagogical, technical and legal challenges.
Explore more about this award…
- Projeto brasileiro ganha prêmio internacional de educação aberta – Brazilian project wins international open education award (2019, Iniciativa Educação Aberta)
- The UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Technologies for the Common Good Universidade de Brasília (Unitwin Network on Open Education)
- Novo jogo da política de educação aberta (Open Education Policy Game)
