UNESCO Chair in Distance Education University of Brasília
UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition
The OER Dynamic Coalition was launched by UNESCO on 2 March 2020 and has been established to support the implementation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation, approved unanimously in 2019. The...
Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW)
The Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) is an online mentoring program that supports the development and implementation of Open Education and Open Educational Resources on topics with social...
Surveillance Capitalism and Public Education
An initiative by academics and civil society that aims to gather data about the increasing number of partnerships between large technological corporations and higher education institutions and school systems. The...
Professional development in open education
Development of teacher professional development on Open Education and OER with a focus on Latin America
Public policy for open textbooks
Analyze new opportunities and models for the acquisition of educational resources under PNLD.
The role and potential of the Open University municipal centers between the formal and non-formal
Investigation on the activities of UAB municipal centers, analyzing their roles in distance education between the formal and non-formal
The UNESCO Chair in Distance Education is located at the School of Education at the University of Brasília.
This site focused on Open Education. It is focused on two periods. First, the UNESCO Chair in Open Education (NIED/ Unicamp) which ran from 2014-2018. Secondly, since November 2018, to showcase the work at the UNESCO Chair in Distance Education.
This is a personal page, organized by Dr. Tel Amiel who coordinated the Chair at Unicamp from its inception until its closing, and who coordinates the Chair at UnB since November 2018. This page does not showcase all work done by the UnB Chair which was officially inaugurated in 1994. Posts related to work done previously, at the Unicamp chair are marked under a specific category.
We conduct research and develop software, instructional materials and courses and support organizations and groups interested in open education (OE) and open educational resources (OER), with a focus on/about basic education and teacher professional development. We work together with other UNESCO, ICDE e COL Chairs in OER and Open Education.
Basic site information is available in three languages (Portuguese, and English), though most postings are only presented in Portuguese.
Image: Fragment of map by Alberto Cantino, showing Brasil (note “Porto Seguro” and “Rio de Brasil”), 1502. Public domain, from: http://gallica.bnf.fr/
Associates are connected to the Chair when they have active roles in our ongoing projects. Those interested in collaborating can contact us through the form below.
Silvia Baldiris
Professor Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (Spain) and Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco (Colombia).
Regina Motz
Regina Motz is Full Professor at the Instituto de Computación (InCo), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay where she leads the Semantic Information Systems Research Group. She...
Virginia Rodés
Associate Professor, Coordinator of the Virtual Learning Environments Program at the University of the Republic and Co-responsible for the Interdisciplinary Nucleus on Open and Accessible Educational Resources at the University...
Danielle Reis
Has a degree in Pedagogy (UnB-2008) and Specialist in Teaching of Early Childhood Education (UnB-2015) and in Neuropedagogy (FTP-2012). Currently a Masters student in Education (UnB). Teacher in basic education...
Tassiana Carvalho
Bachelor Degrees in Political Science (UnB-2005), Specialist in Human Rights Policy Management (Enap-2014) and currently a Masters students in Education (UnB). Since 2011 is acting as specialist in public policy...
Danielle Reis
Has a degree in Pedagogy (UnB-2008) and Specialist in Teaching of Early Childhood Education (UnB-2015) and in Neuropedagogy (FTP-2012). Currently a Masters student in Education (UnB). Teacher in basic education...
Tassiana Carvalho
Bachelor Degrees in Political Science (UnB-2005), Specialist in Human Rights Policy Management (Enap-2014) and currently a Masters students in Education (UnB). Since 2011 is acting as specialist in public policy...
07/27/2020
Access to Learning Materials and Open Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HyIOTscfIw The Academic Unit of Educational Technology of the Educational Training Council of Uruguay held a Talk on Access to Learning and Open Education Materials on June 26, 2020. This event was attended by the…
02/10/2020
OER in MERCOSUL: Recommendation and Action Plan
A blueprint for OER advocacy around the region.
11/28/2019
Chairs in Open Education
Courtesy of Dr. Rory McGreal the list of UNESCO/ICDE/COL Chairs who work on the topic of Open Education. UNESCO Canada, Athabasca University (2010). Prof. Rory McGreal, Chair in OER New Zealand, Otago Polytechnic, (2013). Dr.…
06/06/2019
Academic Chairs focused on Open Education
Courtesy of Dr. Rory McGreal the list of UNESCO/ICDE/COL Chairs who work on the topic of Open Education. UNESCO Canada, Athabasca University (2010) Prof. Rory McGreal, Chair in OER New Zeland, Otago Polytechnic, (2013) Dr.…
07/20/2017
4th OER Workshop (IV WREA)
Call for Papers IV Workshop Open Educational Resources (IV WREA) OER for Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education October 12th 2017 Conjuntamente con LACLO 2017 La Plata, Argentina Apoio: Presented and accepted papers Luciana Canuti, Fernando…
09/29/2016
The Open University of Brazil goes open
[bogo] The Open University of Brazil (UAB), a consortium of over 100 public higher education institutions in Brazil, has just announced its open educational resources repository -- eduCAPES, during the 9th meeting of UAB Coordinators…