Standards on open educational resources in higher education to be issued in Vietnam

Standards on open educational resources in higher education to be issued in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

On September 25, 2023, the Prime Minister issued Decision 1117/QD-TTg approving the Program to build a model of open educational resources in higher education.

Standards on open educational resources in higher education to be issued in Vietnam

To supplement and complete the system of legal documents regulating the construction, exploitation and use of open educational resources in higher education, the Prime Minister has proposed the following tasks and solutions:

- Develop and promulgate Government regulations on building, publishing, connecting, sharing, exploiting, and using open educational resources in higher education; regulate regimes and policies to encourage higher education institutions, teachers, and scientists to contribute, share, exploit, and use open educational resources in higher education;

- Develop and promulgate regulations and standards on the construction, development, connection, sharing, exploitation, and use of open educational resources in higher education.

In addition, the following contents are also carried out:

- Build and develop a database of open educational resources in higher education in the Vietnamese higher education system:

+ Build and develop a database of open educational resources in higher education for all levels, training majors, and training programs being implemented at training institutions.
to connect with the database of open educational resources in higher education of the Vietnamese higher education system;

+ Mobilize and encourage domestic and foreign scientists to participate in building, perfecting, and developing open educational resources in higher education.

- Building and operating an open educational resource access portal in higher education:

+ Build an open educational resources access portal in the general higher education of the Vietnamese higher education system, connecting with the open educational resources data warehouse of each higher education institution and a digital learning resource portal for higher education, a repository of other documents on higher education;

+ Operate, maintain, and develop open educational resource access portals in higher education.

- Raise awareness about the role and significance of building, operating, and exploiting the open educational resource model in higher education:

+ Strengthen information and communication work in the mass media in general and at higher education institutions about the role and significance of the open educational resources model in higher education for improving the quality and effectiveness of research, teaching, learning, and lifelong learning activities;

+ Organize seminars and training for management staff, lecturers, and learners in higher education institutions on building a model of open educational resources in higher education and developing, sharing, exploiting and using open educational resources in higher education.

Funding source for implementing the Program to build a model of open educational resources in higher education in Vietnam

Funding source for implementing the Program to build a model of open educational resources in higher education in Vietnam include:

- State budget sources are assigned in the annual budget estimates of the Ministry of Education and Training, ministries, branches, and centrally-run provinces and cities that are the direct management agencies of higher education institutions. according to the provisions of the State Budget Law.

- Legal revenue sources of higher education institutions.

- Sources mobilized from donors, legal contributions from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals, socialization sources, and other legal revenue sources according to the provisions of law.

More details can be found in Decision 1117/QD-TTg, which takes effect from the date of signing.

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