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Entries Tagged "OER"

The Role of Language in Knowledge Society Educational Systems

Monday, July 15th, 2013

Tags: Cultural heritage, Educational Systems, ICT4E, Knowledge Society, Languages, OER, Roxana Bassi, Susana Finquelievich
Posted in Cultural Heritage | Comments Off on The Role of Language in Knowledge Society Educational Systems

Open Educational Resources and Distance Learning in Brazil

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Tags: Brazil, Brazilian society, Campus Enrollment, Distance Learning, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Luciano Sathler, OER, Online Courses, open educational resources
Posted in Open and Distance Learning | 10 Comments »

How Open Educational Resources Can Increase Opportunites for Everyone

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Tags: 21st Century Skills, Content, free public education, free public libraries, ICT, OER, Open Education Resources, Open Learning Exchange, Richard Rowe, School BeLL, Teachers, technical infrastructure, Technology, Twenty-First Century skills
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 18 Comments »

Open Educational Resources Expand Educational Inequalities

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Tags: blog, educational inequalities, Gates Foundation, Graduate School of Education, Harvard, Hewlett Foundation, Honors Students, inequality, John Rawls, Justin Reich, Khan Academy videos, multimedia publications, National Science Foundation, OER, open educational resources, pedagogical models, social technology, Wealthy Schools, wiki
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 19 Comments »

Do Open Educational Resources Actually Increase the Digital Divide?

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Tags: Content, Digital Content, Digital Divide, Educational Technology, Free Content, Internet Access, OER, Open Content, Open Education Resources, Teacher Training
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 7 Comments »

The Open Course Library of the Washington State Colleges

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Tags: Connexions, Creative Commons, eLearning, OCL, OER, Open Course Library, Saylor Foundation, SBCTC, Strategic Technology Plan, Tom Caswell
Posted in Digital Learning Resources | 3 Comments »

Developing and using Open Educational Resources at KNUST

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Tags: Hewlett Foundation, ICT Directorate, KNUST, OER, OER Africa, Self-Learning, University of Ghana, University of Michigan, University of Western Cape
Posted in Digital Learning Resources | Comments Off on Developing and using Open Educational Resources at KNUST

Towards Free Learning Opportunities for All Students Worldwide

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Tags: African Virtual University, Creative Commons, Digital Content, Digital Learning Resources, OER, OER Africa, Open Education Resources, Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, Teacher Education Professional Courses, Wayne Mackintosh
Posted in Digital Learning Resources | 14 Comments »

Asymmetrical OER Country Problems and Needs

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Tags: Affordability, courseware, Global Library Network, ICT Devices, Incentives, Intellectual Property, Languages, OER
Posted in Creating Electronic Educational Content | 5 Comments »

Low-Cost ICT Devices Are Driving Proprietory and Open Education Resources

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Tags: Angus Scrimgeour, e-Books, eBooks, OER, Open Content, Open Education Resources, Proprietory Content
Posted in Creating Electronic Educational Content | 18 Comments »