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Open Educational Resources and the Repository Network edu-sharing

Authors:
Bernd Krämer
Michael Klebl

Keywords: management of open eucational resources; OER; learning tools; open courseware; open content; learning object repositories; edu-sharing

Abstract:
Education providers increasingly integrate digital learning media into their education processes and thereby recognize the advantages of a sharing and reuse culture. But too many educational resources are still buried in closed content management systems, in local databases or on individual or institutional websites and are often not sustainably maintained. The Open Educational Resource (OER) movement aims to overcome such barriers. It has adopted a rather broad definition of OER including open courseware and content, software tools, and learning object repositories. This article argues that edu-sharing, a portal to a network of repositories for educational resource management provides a comprehensive and suitable infrastructure to support the open education movement, but also communities of practice that cannot freely publish their educational assets, e.g., due to license constraints or other regulatory barriers.

Pages: 51 to 56

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: February 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4367

ISBN: 978-1-61208-120-5

Location: Gosier, Guadeloupe, France

Dates: from February 23, 2011 to February 28, 2011