Open educational resources and lifelong learning
| Published | August 2008 |
| Conference | 2008 30th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces (ITI), IEEE |
| Country | Croatia |
ABSTRACT
The role of open educational resources (OER) for the success and wide implementation of lifelong learning is investigated. Lifelong learning provision is based on the information technology and e-learning together with the emerging mobile learning technologies. Open source and open standards are the means of open information technology support for learning processes. Basic idea, good examples, successful initiatives and development directions of the OER movement are presented in order to derive the development vision. Inevitability of innovative forms of teaching and learning for the success of OER is the most important concluding remark of the paper.| Keywords | mLearning · e-learning · information technology · Lifelong Learning |
| Published at | Cavtat/Dubrovnik |
| Language | eng |
| ISBN | 978-953-7138-12-7 |
| DOI | 10.1109/ITI.2008.4588393 |
| URL | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=4588393 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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