Wednesday, November 21, 2007

OER Introduction Booklet and Free Webinars The Development Gateway Foundation has produced an OER Introduction Booklet (pdf) and will be sponsoring free Webinars beginning in December. The Booklet and the Webinars are directed at potential users of open educational resources. ___JH (Thanks to Thomas Bekkers who posted news about these offerings in the OER Discussion sponsored by UNESCO IIEE.) _____ "The Booklet and the Webinar both provide: - a definition of Open Educational Resources, - an introduction to Open licenses and Standards, - an introduction to the Production and Distribution of OER, - a list of OER content repositories, search engines and projects.   This project directly serves the OER dgCommunity main objective, which is to sensitize Development practitioners and citizens to Open Educational Resources, for the benefit of all. The Booklet and the Webinar are also to be considered as gateways for beginners to major OER projects, content repositories and search engines. An important part of its content introduces third part initiatives and portals in the domain of Open Education. Please feel free to use and remix widely the BETA version of the Booklet and subscribe for Webinars by visiting resources associated to this highlight." Related Links: OER Introduction Booklet - Version BETA > First OER Introduction Webinars: Subscribe now > OER Introduction Booklet and Webinars discussion forum >    8:08:09 AM    COMMENT []