A world map of Open Educational Resources initiatives: Can the global OER community design and build it together? References provided by participants in an international conversation: 12-30 November 2012
| Published | January 2013 |
| Type of work | Draft Report- References |
| Periodical | Pages 1-8 |
| Publisher | Athabasca University, Open Universiteit, UNESCO Chair in Open Educational Resources, Commonwealth of Learning |
ABSTRACT
References include links gathered under these headings:1) History and background
2) Sample geographical maps
3) Data visualisation: Ideas and issues
4) OER initiatives and organisations
5) Towards an organisational approach to collaboration
6) Openness, copyright and licensing
7) Metadata, standards and specifications
8) Researching OER
9) Miscellaneous resources
| Keywords | FOSS · OER adoption · OER community · OER initiatives · OER mapping project · OpenCourseWare · references |
| Language | en |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by/3.0 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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