Uncovering what enables and constrains 'open practices' in the Global South: Reflections from the ROER4D Project
| Published | July 2015 |
| Type of work | slides |
| Publisher | Keynote presentation at the 2nd International Conference of the African Virtual University |
| Country | South Africa, Kenya, Africa |
| Keywords | Academic policy · affordances of the Internet · institutional challenges · MOOC · OER advantages · open textbooks |
| Published at | Nairobi |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by/4.0 |
| URL | http://www.slideshare.net/ROER4D/avu-conference |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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