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Open Educational Resources (OER) for empowerment of open schools
Jena, Sitansu S.

PublishedSeptember 2012
ConferenceProceedings of the Regional Symposium on Open Educational Resources: An Asian perspective on policy and practices
Pages 1-9
CountryIndia, Malaysia, Asia

ABSTRACT
In this paper an attempt has been made to discuss on the initiatives taken in developing Open Educational Resources (OER) for strengthening the open schooling system in India. The OER has become a movement worldwide for not only acquisition of knowledge in a digitized form but also has the significant characteristics to be repository of updated knowledge. No doubt this revolutionary initiative has come a long way in recent years for developing countries as blessing for increasing access to quality resource materials which not only facilitates learning but also links education with livelihood.

Keywords K-12 · open schooling · vocational OERs

Published atPenang
RefereedYes
Rightsby/3.0
URLhttp://www.oerasia.org/oersymposium
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