The unwalled garden: Growth of the OpenCourseWare consortium, 2001–2008
| Published | February 2009 |
| Journal | Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 23-29 |
ABSTRACT
This article traces the development of the OpenCourseWare movement, including the origin of the concept at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the implementation of the MIT OpenCourseWare project, and the idea’s spread into the global educational community, ultimately resulting in the formation of the OpenCourseWare Consortium. The growth and maturation of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is reviewed and the article considers briefly some possible directions for the future of open education.| Keywords | OER history · digital learning · global cooperation · licences · MIT · OpenCourseWare |
| Language | eng |
| ISSN | 1469-9958 |
| Rights | © 2009 The Open University |
| DOI | 10.1080/02680510802627787 |
| Other information | The Unwalled Garden |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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