The OER Knowledge Cloud: Cultural Affordances, Learning Objects, And The Localization/globalization Dilemma

Cultural affordances, learning objects, and the localization/globalization dilemma

West, Richard · Taylor, Matthew · Teemant, Boyd

Published	April 2011
Conference	1st international symposium on Open Educational Resources: Issues for localization and globalization

Keywords

language · multi-cultural · perceptual learning

Language	en
Refereed	Yes
Rights	by/3.0
URL	http://educacaoaberta.org/rea/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/west.pdf
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