[Open-education] [cc-openedu] Re: [OER-advocacy] Re: MEC Brazil publishes an ordinance for OER!!!

Wed May 23 09:35:04 UTC 2018

Congrats to those had working OER members!
Regards,
Emma

On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 9:58 PM, Viviane Vladimirschi <
vvladimirschi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would like to once again congratulate Tel, Priscilla and Débora for all
> their very hard advocacy work, dedication and effort towards implementing a
> new policy, which will now hugely impact and greatly benefit K-12 education
> here in Brazil. A massive bravissimo to them and their work leading to this
> success!
>
> I think Melissa's idea of writing a blog post documenting this new open
> education policy here in Brazil is awesome and if there is any way I can be
> of help please let me know.
>
> I just recently became a Doctor in Education and my study proposes a set
> of evidence-based OER guidelines in the context of teacher professional
> development for Brazilian fundamental education public school teachers  so
> this new policy is extremely timely and I was thrilled to to hear about
> this win. :)
>
> I look very much forward to contributing to the development and success of
> the OE field here in Brazil and am at the teams'  entire disposal to help
> in anyway possible.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Viviane
>
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Cable Green <cable at creativecommons.org>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 - Congratulations!
>>
>> This is a huge win ... and a policy roadmap for other countries to
>> follow.
>>
>> Love Melissa's idea of you writing a blog post about this success and the
>> work leading up to this new open education policy.
>>
>> Please do let us know if you do - so we can all help amplify the good
>> news. If you'd like, you can publish it on the Creative Commons blog... or
>> we can republish your CC licensed post and link to the original.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who did the hard work which led to this success!
>>
>> Cable
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Carolina Rossini <
>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Agree 100%, Hal!
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:26 PM Hal Plotkin <hplotkin at plotkin.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I want to add my congratulations to Priscilla and Debora (and to
>>>> Carolina, who started the push in Brazil and mentored Priscilla, Debora and
>>>> others).  This is a huge win in a very important place. The lesson here is
>>>> that the hard work of policy advocacy can pay off when leaders refuse to
>>>> give up.  Some may not be aware that Priscilla and Debora persevered even
>>>> after they lost foundation support, which is always understandably limited.
>>>> Instead, they raised money from local sources to produce a policy
>>>> guidebook, ran a crowdfunding effort, and turned over every rock they could
>>>> find to keep up their campaign. On the three occasions they invited me to
>>>> Brazil they used every moment we had available, conducting back to back
>>>> meetings with legislators, influencers, local activists, hackers, you name
>>>> it. Priscilla and Debora were everywhere.  They even arranged an
>>>> opportunity for me to address Brazil’s House of Representatives, with
>>>> dozens of senior legislators in attendance. I still marvel that they pulled
>>>> that off.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bravo to Priscilla Gonsales and Debora Sebriam!  They are two of the
>>>> most remarkable OER leaders I have had the privilege to call friends.
>>>> Millions will benefit because of their hard work and dedication.  They have
>>>> set an example that is a model for us all and they have my everlasting
>>>> respect, appreciation and admiration.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hal Plotkin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* oer-advocacy-coalition at googlegroups.com <
>>>> oer-advocacy-coalition at googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of *Cable Green
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:59 AM
>>>> *To:* Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com>
>>>> *Cc:* Melissa Hagemann <melissa.hagemann at opensocietyfoundations.org>;
>>>> Priscila Gonsales <prigon at educadigital.org.br>; Alek Tarkowski <
>>>> atarkowski at centrumcyfrowe.pl>; International OER Advocacy <
>>>> internationaloeradvocacy at googlegroups.com>; OER Advocacy Coalition <
>>>> oer-advocacy-coalition at googlegroups.com>; education at lists.wikimedia.org;
>>>> open-education at lists.okfn.org; Open Education Platform <
>>>> cc-openedu at googlegroups.com>; asha kanwar <akanwar at col.org>; Natcom
>>>> Slovenia2 <Gasper.Hrastelj at gov.si>; Tel Amiel <tel at amiel.info>; Débora
>>>> Sebriam <debora at educadigital.org.br>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [OER-advocacy] Re: MEC Brazil publishes an ordinance
>>>> for OER!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1 - Congratulations!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is a huge win ... and a policy roadmap for other countries to
>>>> follow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Love Melissa's idea of you writing a blog post about this success and
>>>> the work leading up to this new open education policy.   Please do let us
>>>> know if you do - so we can all help amplify the good news. If you'd like,
>>>> you can publish it on the Creative Commons blog... or we can republish your
>>>> CC licensed post and link to the original.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to everyone who did the hard work which led to this success!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cable
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Carolina Rossini <
>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://aberta.org.br/ministry-of-education-publishes-oer-ordinance/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Melissa Hagemann <
>>>> melissa.hagemann at opensocietyfoundations.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Priscila and Débora,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Belated congratulations!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From Carolina Rossini’s first work on this a decade ago, you’ve secured
>>>> a huge victory, which demonstrates that focused awareness raising and
>>>> advocacy can lead to the adoption of national OER mandates, even in a
>>>> country as large and complex as Brazil. It provides a wonderful example for
>>>> other countries as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would you consider writing a blog post, so the news could be shared
>>>> more widely?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>>
>>>> Melissa
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Melissa Hagemann
>>>>
>>>> Senior Program Manager
>>>> Information Program
>>>> Open Society Foundations
>>>>
>>>> 1730 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #700
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>>>>
>>>> Washington, DC
>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1730+Pennsylvania+Ave.,+NW,+%23700+%0D%0A+Washington,+DC+20006&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>
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>>>> 20006
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* internationaloeradvocacy at googlegroups.com [mailto:
>>>> internationaloeradvocacy at googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Priscila
>>>> Gonsales
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:36 AM
>>>> *To:* Alek Tarkowski <atarkowski at centrumcyfrowe.pl>
>>>> *Cc:* International OER Advocacy <internationaloeradvocacy at goog
>>>> legroups.com>; OER Advocacy Coalition <oer-advocacy-coalition at google
>>>> groups.com>; education at lists.wikimedia.org;
>>>> open-education at lists.okfn.org; Open Education Platform <
>>>> cc-openedu at googlegroups.com>; asha kanwar <akanwar at col.org>; Natcom
>>>> Slovenia2 <Gasper.Hrastelj at gov.si>; Melissa Hagemann <
>>>> melissa.hagemann at opensocietyfoundations.org>; Tel Amiel <tel at amiel.info>;
>>>> Débora Sebriam <debora at educadigital.org.br>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: MEC Brazil publishes an ordinance for OER!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks!
>>>>
>>>> Tks Jenn, Ovidiu and Alek! 😊
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Everything started with our 2015 OER Seminar at House of
>>>> Representatives (Nicole, Jan and Hal were here with us). After that we have
>>>> aimed our efforts to executive branch and we managed to have a commitment
>>>> about OER in OGP Brazil. With this commitment a lot of things have started
>>>> changing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This current ordinance is the best thing that could happen. It is a
>>>> rule, an official normative. It works like a law inside the Ministry.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Note that the ordinance doesn't determine by nc. It determines use,
>>>> reuse, adaptation. The type of license will be defined in each edital,
>>>> contract etc. Depends on the characteristics of the department, the
>>>> resource that will be produced, and, mainly, the knowledge and self
>>>> confidence of the civil servants for implementation. We are still work on
>>>> this, because we want this ordinance be effective.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> Priscila Gonsales
>>>> www.educadigital.org.br
>>>>
>>>> (enviado pelo celular)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Em Ter, 22 de mai de 2018 02:56, Alek Tarkowski <
>>>> atarkowski at centrumcyfrowe.pl> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Priscila,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations, this is great news. And I know that it is a result of
>>>> a long effort by you and other activists - I am very happy about your
>>>> success!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How does the Ministry interpret “open licenses”? I checked in the
>>>> ordnance and it seems - with my very limited understanding of Portuguese
>>>> and automated translation - that the definition is good and suggests the
>>>> most open licenses. Do you know which ones the Ministry will in practice
>>>> promote and use? Did you have a debate about the non-commercial condition?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Alek
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 18 May 2018, at 21:19, Priscila Gonsales <prigon at educadigital.org.br>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Open Education friends,
>>>> *Definitely, "Good things come to those who wait" *
>>>>
>>>> I'm writing just to let you know of important news here in Brazil. This
>>>> is the most important in the recent times!
>>>>
>>>> The Ministry of Education of Brazil has just published an ordinance
>>>> that determines that all educational resources paid for by the ministry
>>>> which are to be used in basic education must be openly licensed and use
>>>> open format/standards whenever possible. This will have huge impact on the
>>>> number of educational resources available in Portuguese for this sector.
>>>> Resources will be made available in a new open-source repository (
>>>> http://plataformaintegrada.mec.gov.br).
>>>>
>>>> A small note is published here in english, as part of our work on the
>>>> open education initiative: http://aberta.org.br/ministry-
>>>> of-education-publishes-oer-ordinance/
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Priscila
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2018-03-21 11:08 GMT-03:00 Priscila Gonsales <
>>>> prigon at educadigital.org.br>:
>>>>
>>>> Greetings Open Education friends,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm proud to announce that we from Brazil Open Education Initiative
>>>> <http://www.aberta.org.br/> are going to launch the biggest Brazilian
>>>> action for OER training we've heard.
>>>>
>>>> In April, the first edition of the OER course
>>>> <http://www.cursorea.net.br/>for Open University Brazil Program (UAB)
>>>> from Ministry of Education expects to reach more than 300 participants. In
>>>> this action we are engaging federal universities professors and police
>>>> makers to foster the open education concept in order to make the practice
>>>> come true. UAB is the official federal program to provide higher education
>>>> to the basic education teachers (15% out of 2 millions teachers). The
>>>> second edition, scheduled for September, will be dedicated to OER
>>>> facilitators training.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Link to the official news (in portuguese): http://www.capes.
>>>> gov.br/sala-de-imprensa/noticias/8783-capes-promove-curso-so
>>>> bre-recursos-educacionais-abertos
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At the same time, and as part of the course, we will release to the
>>>> general public our OER referatory platform *RE-li-A* (Recursos
>>>> Educacionais com licenças Abertas), we emphasize *"li"* because all
>>>> resources available on the platform must have be under an open license. It
>>>> is a wordpress platform and the code are at git.hub — it could be used by
>>>> any school or educational institution who wants to index their own
>>>> resources. RE-li-A was built by us with support from a crowdfunding
>>>> campaign. And the great news is: *RE-li-A is fully integrated with
>>>> Ministry of Education Platform:* https://plataformain
>>>> tegrada.mec.gov.br/usuario-publico/332/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> However, we have to raise funds to continue work on *RE-li-A project.*
>>>>
>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1730+Pennsylvania+Ave.,+NW,+%23700+Washington,+DC+%C2%A0++20006&entry=gmail&source=g>I'd
>>>> like to ask you about suggestions of funding opportunities.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I appreciate your attencion!
>>>>
>>>> All the best!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> *Priscila Gonsales*
>>>> Instituto Educadigital
>>>> www.educadigital.org.br
>>>> Tel. (11) 99185-8452
>>>> Twitter: @prigon
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