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What is the Open Educational Resources Topic Page?
The term "Open Educational Resources" was first adopted at UNESCO's 2002 Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are digitized materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research. This site will serve as a freely accessible venue for the aggregation and sharing of OERs worldwide. Our goal with this service is to support efforts to equalize access to education, and to improve life chances for people in developing countries.
What content and services does this site offer?
Here you'll find a clearinghouse for a wide range of OERs including:
Learning Content (full courses, courseware, content modules, learning objects, collections and journals)
Tools (software to support the development, use, re-use and delivery of learning content including searching and organization of content, content and learning management systems, content development tools, and on-line learning communities)
Implementation Resources (intellectual property licenses to promote open publishing of materials, design principles of best practice, and localization of content)
Who is this site designed to serve?
We offer educators, students and self-learners a wide range of Learning Subjects and Course materials aggregated from leading schools and OER portals. In addition, policy makers, school administrators, and instructional designers will find resources that address key issues in Open Education, including Collaborative Development Projects, Copyright and Licenses, and Tools and Technology
How you can benefit and participate
Become a member of the OER dgCommunity! In addition to receiving personalized content alerts, you'll have access to fellow members through our Member Directory; as a member, you can share OER resources with the community by adding content to this website. Connect, communicate and collaborate - make it happen today! Organizations and individuals interested in collaborating with the Development Gateway are invited to contact us at openeducation@dgfoundation.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
Our Partners in Content Development
Content for this site will be provided through knowledge sharing by our Guides, Cooperating Organizations, Advisors, Content Coordinators, and our Members.
With the kind permission of the National library of the Netherlands, learning Subjects and related materials for this site will be classified using the taxonomy of the Dutch Basic Classification ™, originated by UKB, c/o, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of The Netherlands, and OCLC PICA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
About the Development Gateway
This site is hosted by the Development Gateway Foundation, with generous support from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Development Gateway is an enabler of development. We help improve people’s lives in developing countries by building partnerships and information systems that provide access to knowledge for development.
The term "Open Educational Resources" was first adopted at UNESCO's 2002 Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are digitized materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research. This site will serve as a freely accessible venue for the aggregation and sharing of OERs worldwide. Our goal with this service is to support efforts to equalize access to education, and to improve life chances for people in developing countries.
Here you'll find a clearinghouse for a wide range of OERs including:
Learning Content (full courses, courseware, content modules, learning objects, collections and journals)
Tools (software to support the development, use, re-use and delivery of learning content including searching and organization of content, content and learning management systems, content development tools, and on-line learning communities)
Implementation Resources (intellectual property licenses to promote open publishing of materials, design principles of best practice, and localization of content)
We offer educators, students and self-learners a wide range of Learning Subjects and Course materials aggregated from leading schools and OER portals. In addition, policy makers, school administrators, and instructional designers will find resources that address key issues in Open Education, including Collaborative Development Projects, Copyright and Licenses, and Tools and Technology
Become a member of the OER dgCommunity! In addition to receiving personalized content alerts, you'll have access to fellow members through our Member Directory; as a member, you can share OER resources with the community by adding content to this website. Connect, communicate and collaborate - make it happen today! Organizations and individuals interested in collaborating with the Development Gateway are invited to contact us at openeducation@dgfoundation.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
Content for this site will be provided through knowledge sharing by our Guides, Cooperating Organizations, Advisors, Content Coordinators, and our Members.
With the kind permission of the National library of the Netherlands, learning Subjects and related materials for this site will be classified using the taxonomy of the Dutch Basic Classification ™, originated by UKB, c/o, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of The Netherlands, and OCLC PICA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
This site is hosted by the Development Gateway Foundation, with generous support from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Development Gateway is an enabler of development. We help improve people’s lives in developing countries by building partnerships and information systems that provide access to knowledge for development.