Introduction to JIME special issue on Open Educational Resources (OER)
Published | December 2010 |
Type of work | JIME Special Issue on Open Educational Resources |
Journal | Journal of Interactive Media in Education Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 1-2 |
ABSTRACT
The OER10 Conference at the University of Cambridge in March 2010 brought together many leading researchers and developers of open educational resources. This special edition of JIME presents selected papers from that conference. All the papers were extended after the conference and subject to review by two reviewers. The five papers, selected for the special edition, address a number of significant challenges in the design, use and embedding of OERs.Language | eng |
ISSN | 1365-893X |
Refereed | Yes |
Rights | by/3.0 |
DOI | 10.5334/2010-1 |
Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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