Kyrgyzstan/OER

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For up to date (May 2015) information see the brief report Open Education Kyrgyzstan, by Gulzada Urgunalieva

Overview

Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия), officially the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасы; Russian: Кыргызская Республика), is a country located in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek and the population is 5,550,239.

Further information

For further general information see Wikipedia:Kyrgyzstan/OER.

Education in Kyrgyzstan/OER

For a general description of education in Kyrgyzstan/OER see Education:Kyrgyzstan/OER.

e-learning

For a description more focussed to e-learning see E-learning:Kyrgyzstan/OER.

OER Initiatives in Kyrgyzstan/OER

The Blimkeni Academy project produced freely available video lessons, uploaded to YouTube, in the Kyrgyz language in 12 school subjects, funded by Open Society. They "spent three months working with local teachers, training them on the equipment (for example, how to use a graphic pen they would use during the lessons), and producing the video classes. The teachers developed original lessons and content for the recordings." (http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/bilimkeni-academy-bringing-online-education-kyrgyzstan) Blimkeni Academy website: http://bilimkeni.kg/

References

Reports

1. Open Education Kyrgyzstan, by Gulzada Urgunalieva, May 2015, http://education.okfn.org/open-education-kyrgyzstan/
2. Bishkek Resolution on OER and Digital Education, 8 July 2014, http://oermap.org/policy/bishkek-resolution-on-oer-and-digital-education/
3. OER in Kyrgyzstan from point of view of SFK, by Lira Samykbaeva, Presentation (Prezi), 14 March 2014, https://prezi.com/ha2lowusspdu/oer-in-kyrgyzstan-from-sfk-view/
4. "Case study on Kyrgyzstan", pp. 26-27 of OER in non-English-speaking countries:challenges and opportunities, http://weko.wou.edu.my/index.php?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=365&item_no=1&attribute_id=15&file_no=1&page_id=23&block_id=39

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