Smart OER: Bridges for sustainable education
Published | March 2018 |
Publisher | Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Innovation Arabia 11 |
Country | United Arab Emirates, Asia |
ABSTRACT
Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at Innovation Arabia 11, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 March 2018. Co-written with Dr Ishan Abeywardena, Adviser: Open Educational Resources, and Dr Sanjaya Mishra, Education Specialist: eLearning.Keywords | cultural diversity · linguistic barriers · OER · OER accessibility · people with disabilities · strategies for implementing policies · technological divide |
Published at | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Refereed | Does not apply |
Rights | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
URL | http://hdl.handle.net/11599/2933 |
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