Open Educational Resources
| Published | October 2013 |
| Type of work | 3rd World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational Leadership |
| Journal | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 93, Issue October 2013, Pages 243 - 246 |
| Country | Ireland, Europe |
ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on the significant developments in the area of open education, in particular the role that Open Educational Repositories (OER) can play in higher education, teaching, learning and scholarship. The National Digital Learning Resources service (NDLR) in Ireland is presented as a case study of a best practice model for such an OER service.| Keywords | higher education · NDLR · open educational repositories · policy |
| ISSN | 18770428 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | by-nc-nd/3.0 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.09.183 |
| URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813032862 |
| Other information | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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