OER Knowledge CloudJournal Article20112011/07Mikroyannidis, AlexanderOkada, AlexandraConnolly, Teresastakeholder clusterssocial networkingsocialsharingrunning caselearning communityeducatorscontent creationcollaborationadaptingen2011 IEEE 11th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies619–620978-0-7695-4346-8Open educational resources (OER) have recently emerged as an answer to the need for open and reusable educational material, freely available online. This paper describes a social networking approach in adapting and sharing OER. This approach aims to address the needs of a variety of stakeholders, including educational institutions, private organisations, as well as individual learners and educators.http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=17949http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=17949