Policy for use and development of Open Educational Resources (OER)
| Published | August 2010 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-18 |
| Publisher | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) |
| Country | Ghana, Africa |
ABSTRACT
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science AND Technology (KNUST) institutional OER policy including copyright, adoption and guidelines for faculty and students.| Keywords | Creative Commons · copyright · higher education · licences · policy · institutional policy |
| Rights | by/2.0 |
| URL | http://www.knust.edu.gh/downloads/20/20411.pdf |
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