OpenCourseWare and the Self-Learner

Lowman, Amy OpenCourseWare and the Self-Learner., 2009 [Preprint]

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OpenCourseWare is identified as a learning tool for self-learners around the world. Although thousands of courses are freely available, only a small percentage (by world population standards) are aware of these banks of knowledge. As Librarians strive to disseminate knowledge to their community, to be aware and knowledgeable of this division of the Open Educational Movement is beneficial to the movement's sustainability.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: OpenCourseWare, Open Educational Resources, knowledge dissemination, self-learners resources, Open Educational Movement
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
Depositing user: Amy Lowman
Date deposited: 03 Nov 2009
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:15
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13710

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