Reflections on sustaining Open Educational Resources: an institutional case study
| Published | September 2008 |
| Journal | eLearning Papers Volume 10, Issue 10, Pages 1-13 |
ABSTRACT
This paper reviews some of the literature on the sustainability of Open Educational Resources (OER) and what it has to say about successful or sustainable open content projects on the internet.| Keywords | distance learning · educational materials · Open Educational Resources · Open University · openlearn · case study · literature review |
| Language | eng |
| ISSN | 1887-1542 |
| Rights | by-nc-nd/2.5 |
| URL | http://akgul.bilkent.edu.tr/Inet-Sunum/Lane-090225012906-phpapp01.pdf |
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