The OER Knowledge Cloud: Open Educational Resources In E-learning

Open Educational Resources in e-Learning

Dinevski, Dejan · Fošnarič, Samo · Arh, Tanja

Published	January 2010
Journal	Organizacija Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 4-8

ABSTRACT

Open educational resources in e-learning are the future source of information for lifelong learners. Open source and open standards are defined as the basis of the "Open educational resource movement" that is beginning to form on a global level in the last decade. The characteristics of the OS are investigated in the relation to e-Learning, existing and new pedagogical principles and copyright issues. Several good practices, ideas and existing initiatives are presented and the vision of the future of open educational resources is introduced.

Keywords

best practices · challenges · copyright · e-learning · open source · pedagogy

Language	eng
ISSN	1581-1832
DOI	10.2478/v10051-010-0001-6
URL	http://versita.metapress.com/content/y0t5704k1943170g/fulltext.pdf
Other information	Organizacija
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