Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 88
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- A number of initiatives and foundations support the development and dissemination of open educational resources. The Open Educational Resources Commons provides access to digital learning materials for all levels of education in English. Teaching materials and textbooks for all subjects are available for pre-primary to secondary schools, as well as for university courses and adult education. The Open Education Consortium is a non-profit global network of educational institutions, individuals and organizations that collaborate and develop open educational materials, including textbooks and courses in 26 languages, particularly in the sciences and technology. The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education acts as a as a centre of excellence and provider of technical support and expertise in the area of information and communications technology usage in education.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Education, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/37, para. 88.
- Paragraph number
- 88
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