Coalition for Open Education (Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji, KOED) - is a

coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

of institutions supporting and developing

Open Educational Resources Open educational resources (OER) are Instructional materials, teaching, learning, and research materials intentionally created and Free license, licensed to be free for the end user to own, share, and in most cases, modify. The term "OER" descri ...

(OER) in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. Coalition was formed on 27 November 2008 by , ICM UW/ Creative Commons Polska, Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska and

Wikimedia Polska Wikimedia Polska (WMPL; pl, Stowarzyszenie Wikimedia Polska) is a Polish public benefit organization established to support volunteers in Poland who work on Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia. As such, it is a Wikimedia chapter approved by the ...

. The conference "Open Educational Resources in Poland", organized by KOED in the Polish Parliament on 23 April 2009 was the first major OER event of this kind. From 2009 Coalition is an organizer of

Public Domain Day Public Domain Day (PDD) is an observance of when copyrights expire and works enter into the public domain. This legal transition of copyright works into the public domain usually happens every year on January 1 based on the individual copyright ...

in Poland, event widely covered in mainstream media.

References

External links

Official Open Education Coalition website
Polish educational societies 2008 establishments in Poland Organizations established in 2008 {{Poland-edu-stub

See also

References

External links