We are delighted to announce that Jan Hylén, former OECD Analyst will speak at the Beyond Borders conference at Oxford on April 20th.
Dr . Hylén’s responsibility at OECD was mainly in one project — Open Educational Resources, which is a growing feature in the educational landscape. These include open courseware and content; open software tools; open material for e-learning capacity building of faculty staff; repositories of learning objects; and free educational courses. Concentrating on post-secondary education, the project provided an overview of current trends. He is the lead author of Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources. Jan has worked in the National Agency for Education in Sweden among other things as Director of Research. He served as Political Advisor to the Minister of Schools and Adult Education and has acted as Executive Secretary for the Swedish Committee on the European Schoolnet, and Chairman in the Working Group for a New National ICT Strategy for Schools within the Ministry of Education and Science.