Designing open educational resources curriculum for virtual mobility. Breaking the wall
Alchieri, Elena · Arbutavičius, Gintaras · Coelho, Dalila · Galati, Concetto Daniele · Nogueira, Sofia · Valdmane, Liene · Volungevičienė, Airina
| Published | 2014 |
| Journal | Vocational Education: Research & Reality Issue 25, Pages 190-200 |
| Publisher | Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto |
| Country | Lithuania, Europe |
ABSTRACT
Due to the awareness of Open Educational Resources (OER) as one of the main opportunities for learners to take advantage of free resources, six doctoral students from Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, Portugal and Spain formed a team focused on the importance of the international cooperation on this field. Virtual Mobility(VM) is a useful learning tool in what concerns to information and communication technologies to create learning environments that can join people from different countries. The current paper analyses the benefits and challenges of OER in VM, presents the results of focus group discussions within the team pointing out the success factors and barriers to introduce OER in VM curriculum development, and represents and analysesthe VM curriculum designing case on the topic "Open Educational Resources" prepared by the interuniversity team.| ISSN | 1392-6241 |
| Rights | Copyright of Vocational Education: Research & Reality is the property of Vocational Education: Research & Reality |
| URL | https://ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/vocationaltraining/article/download/310/255 |
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