Transforming OER
| Published | May 2018 |
| Publisher | Commonwealth of Learning (COL) |
| Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
This presentation explores the latest technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), 360 videos, blockchain and instant messaging (IM) from an educational perspective. It relates how these technologies must transform OER. Presented by Dr Ishan Abeywardena, Adviser: Open Educational Resources, Commonwealth of Learning, at a guest lecture, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad, Pakistan, 3 May 2018.| Keywords | augmented reality · blockchain · instant messaging · OER · open licenses · open practices · slides · virtual reality |
| Published at | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Rights | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/11599/2966 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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