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OER Case Study White Paper – Creating, Doing, and Sustaining OER: Lessons from Six Open Educational Resource Projects
A relatively recent global movement, the development of free-to-use open educational resources (OER) has generated a dynamic field of widespread interest and study regarding methods for creating and sustaining OER. To help foster a thriving OER movement with potential...
OER Case Study Publication No. 5, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Toward a Sustainable Funding Model for Open Access
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OER Case Study Publication No.4, Mission 2007 Training Commons: Developing a Living Curriculum for Telecentre Workers in India
A large-scale initiative by the government of India to create "telecentres" in villages throughout the country created a need for training materials to support hundreds of thousands of future telecentre managers. The Mission 2007 Training Commons initiative was...
OER Case Study Publication No.6, WGBH’s Teachers’ Domain: Producing Open Materials and Engaging Users
Teacher's Domain is an online repository of multimedia open education resources launched by WGBH in 2002. This case study examines the successes and challenges involved in developing an open content model using public multimedia archives. Specifically, this case study...
OER Case Study Publication No. 2, Curriki: Facilitating Use and User Engagement Around Open Educational Resources
Curriki is a wiki-based website that enables users to create, remix, and share open educational resources. This case study seeks to understand the behaviors of Curriki users, and to identify ways to facilitate and support sustained user engagement. Through interviews...