Open Educational Resources: The Way Forward. Deliberations of an International Community of Interest
The term Open Educational Resources (OER) was adopted at a UNESCO meeting in 2002 to refer to the open provision of educational resources, enabled by information and communication technologies, for consultation, use and adaptation by a community of users for non-commercial purposes. The participants expressed “their wish to develop together a universal educational resource available for the... more
Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace
The term /Open Educational Resources/ (OER) was coined in 2002 during the UNESCO Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries, convened to consider the potential, for developing countries, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) initiative to put course materials online for open access. The participants in the meeting defined Open Educational... more
Open Educational Resources - Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education
Between 2005 and 2007, a large Community of Interest of more than 600 members from more than half of the 192 Member States of UNESCO took part in online discussions on Open Educational Resources (OER) – open content for education. This document is a testament to the power of group deliberation in a vibrant virtual community. It presents the way forward for OER based upon the informed opinion... more
Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources
Learning resources are often considered key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world. However, more and more institutions and individuals are sharing their digital learning resources over the Internet, openly and for free, as Open Educational Resources (OER). This study, building on previous OECD work on e-learning, asks why this is happening, who is involved and what... more
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