Using open educational resources in course syllabi
| Published | April 2012 |
| Journal | American Journal of Distance Education Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 126 - 139 |
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is (1) to review the advantages of using learning objects (LOs) and open educational resources (OER), (2) to propose the enrichment of course syllabi with LOs/OER, (3) to propose new fields to be included in metadata and ways for embedding metadata in LOs/OER, (4) to review the problem of lack of metadata in Web 2.0 sites, and (5) to propose a method for populating a detailed course syllabus with OER. For this purpose, the authors have developed an experimental tool called LO Finder.| Keywords | OER adoption · OER metadata |
| ISSN | 1538-9286 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | Copyright © 2016 Informa UK Limited |
| DOI | 10.1080/08923647.2012.663307 |
| Other information | American Journal of Distance Education |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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