The advancement of lifelong learning through Open Educational Resources in an open and flexible (self) learning context
| Published | 2007 |
| Periodical | Pages 1–10 |
| Publisher | ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents SCOP, Open Universiteit |
| Region | Europe |
ABSTRACT
The concept of Open Educational Resources has become one of the most relevant themes in the educational world. In this context, ICDE has decided to launch a new initiative: the ICDE Global Task Force on Open Educational Resources (OER). The task force will produce a report to be presented to the members at the SCOP meeting in Heerlen.| Keywords | MORIL · OpenER · UKOU · web 2.0 · Lifelong Learning · MIT · OER definition · · UNESCO · wiki · Wikiversity |
| Language | eng |
| URL | http://www.ou.nl/Docs/Campagnes/SCOP/OER_paper_by_Fred_Mulder.pdf |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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