The OER Knowledge Cloud: Open Educational Resources (oer)

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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