Sustainable relationships between universities and vocational OER users
| Alternate title | SCORE Fellowship Final Report By Tony Coughlan, The Open University |
| Published | May 2012 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-8 |
| Publisher | SCORE Fellowship |
ABSTRACT
Tony’s project ran from 1st October 2010 until the 31st January 2012, the aim of the project was to create a sustainable long-term relationship between the Open University in the South West and regional voluntary sector network South West Forum in developing vocational OER for the UK voluntary sector. CharityWise has been the working title for the project, which involved Project Officer Lois Thorn, OU Assistant Regional Director Meriel Lee and Tony Coughlan.| Keywords | OER in the volunteer sector · vocational OER |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | by-nc-sa/3.0 |
| URL | http://www8.open.ac.uk/score/files/score/file/Tony%20Coughlan%20SCORE%20final%20Report%20Web%20Version.pdf |
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