Open Education Resources: Innovation for Development

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dc.contributor.authorBalasubramanian, K
dc.contributor.authorKanwar, Asha
dc.coverage.placeNameCanadaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean and Americasen_US
dc.coverage.spatialPan-Commonwealthen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-27T04:08:03Z
dc.date.available2015-08-27T04:08:03Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-13
dc.description.abstractInternational Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Learning, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education, Vancouver, Canada, 13 July 2013, Presented by Dr. K. Balasubramanian, Jointly authored by Professor Asha Kanwar and Dr. K. Balasubramanian, Commonwealth of Learning // Distinguished Colleagues, It is a pleasure and an honour to be here and I am very grateful to the Professor Tom Sork and the organisers for the opportunity. My topic today is: Open Education Resources: Innovation for Development? // I will first look at the Commonwealth context and the issues of development that need to be addressed as a matter of urgency if the internationally agreed development goals are to be achieved by 2015. I will then look at the emergence of OER which are seen as an innovation that cut costs, improve quality and enhance access to education and training. This will lead to the question of whether the development and use of OER are addressing some of the development challenges in many countries of the global south. I will outline some of the strategies that we need to harness OER so that the development objectives can be achieved. Finally, I will share some examples of what my own organization, the Commonwealth of Learning had done to promote OER for development.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/1179
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCommonwealth of Learning (COL)en_US
dc.subjectOpen Educational Resources (OER)en_US
dc.subjectInformation and Communication Technology (ICT)en_US
dc.subjectVirtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)en_US
dc.titleOpen Education Resources: Innovation for Developmenten_US
dc.typePresentationen_US
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