Open Educational Resources (OER)
| Published | November 2016 |
| Periodical | Volume 2016, Pages News release |
| Publisher | The Commonwealth Education Hub |
ABSTRACT
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.Included:
- Policy Brief
- OER Policy Development Tool
- Institutional OER Policy Template
- Government Policy Development Template to Progress Effective
- Implementation of Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Open Educational Resources Survey
- Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education
| Keywords | government policy · implementation template · OER policy · OER research · toolkit |
| Other number | Posted 3rd November 2016 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| URL | https://www.thecommonwealth-educationhub.net/oer/ |
| Access date | Posted 3rd November 2016 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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