Guidelines and rules for designing and creating educational contents and tools so that they can be used and shared among different learning management systems and users.
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Open Educational Resources in E-Learning: Standards and Environment
Ricardo J. Rejas-Muslera (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain), Alvaro J. García-Tejedor (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain), and Olga Peñalba Rodriguez (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain)
Copyright: © 2011
|Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-789-9.ch017
Abstract
According to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar‘s definition (Deshpande & Mugridge, 1994), Open Educational Resources (OER) are based on the philosophical view of knowledge as a collective, social product. In the last years the relevance of OER has been widely acknowledged and a high magnitude impact is to be expected for OER in the near future (Atkins et al, 2007), (Wiley & Gurrell, 2009), especially as a masterpiece in e-learning development. The aim of this chapter is to present an overview of OER in e-learning, focused on two fundamental aspects: (i) technical issues, mainly standards, and (ii) socio-economic and legal questions. This way the chapter deals with the most relevant issues in this matter: Which is the OER´s role in education, especially for e-learning performance? Which are the technical resources and current standards needed for them? Which socio-economics and legal aspects influence the diffusion and use of OER?