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Open Educational Resources (OER)

PublishedNovember 2016
PeriodicalVolume 2016, Pages News release
PublisherThe 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 numberPosted 3rd November 2016
RefereedDoes not apply
URLhttps://www.thecommonwealth-educationhub.net/oer/
Access datePosted 3rd November 2016
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