OER re-use student survey (January 2011)
| Published | January 2011 |
| Journal | The University of Nottingham Pages 1-9 |
| Country | United Kingdom, Europe |
ABSTRACT
This report presents supporting information for the case study gathered by the Open Nottingham team:1. Information about the impressions of users regarding the quality of the document that was produced (Section 2)
2. Information about student use of OER (Section 3)
3. Details regarding how the release of the material as OER supported users in enhancing pedagogic practice (Section 4)
4. The URL of the original resource and the URL of the repurposed resource (Section 5)
| Keywords | textbooks · learning objects · research · case study |
| Language | eng |
| URL | http://webapps.nottingham.ac.uk/elgg/cczss1/files/-1/869/Open+Nottingham+Re-use+SurveyV1.0.doc |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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