The suitability of OER in Open Distance Learning
Published | October 2010 |
Periodical | Pages 1-18 |
Publisher | Library Open Scholarship Seminar |
ABSTRACT
Paper presented at Library Open Scholarship Seminar, Unisa, Pretoria on 20 October 201018 slides
Keywords | challenges · ODL · OER · OER definition |
Published at | Unisa, Pretoria |
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URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3713 |
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