The OER Knowledge Cloud: Reuse And Repurpose: The Life Story Of An (open) Educational Resource

Reuse and repurpose: the life story of an (open) educational resource

Published	April 2012
Conference	Open University, Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education Pages 1-5
Country	United Kingdom

ABSTRACT

This paper relates the life story of a particular educational resource (and its lead author) that went from being closed to open and which exemplifies the value of reuse and reworking of educational resources in both arenas. It describes how the educational resource was itself a reworking of previous resources and has now been reworked and reused in a number of other settings, both closed and open. It also shows the amplification and networking effects of open educational resources.

Keywords

life story · networking · reuse · reworking · Open Educational Resources

Published at	Cambridge
ISBN	978-0-7492-2937-5
URL	http://oro.open.ac.uk/33244/
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