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History, development and trend of OER / OTB

TitleAuthorsSummaryMediaLicense
An open textbook system for Hong Kong
(Celebrating Innovation: e-Curriculum Tour, 2013)
Dr. K. S. Yuen
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Explains the problems arising from traditional textbooks and how the adoption of open textbooks would solve these problems in Hong KongPDFCC BY 3.0
A few things you need to know about Open Educational Resources
(Symposium on e-learning and open educational resources : Practices and new initiatives, 2012)
Prof C. M. Leung,
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Explains the rationale of OER and how OER enhances learning and teachingPDFCC BY 3.0
Open Educational Resources in Asia
(Symposium on e-learning and open educational resources : Practices and new initiatives, 2012)
Mr. Ishan Abeywardena, and
Prof. Gajaraj Dhanarajan, Wawasan
(Open University, Malaysia)
Reports the trends of the use of Open Educational Resources (OER's) in the Asian regionPDFCC BY 3.0
CAST & its roles in openCASTExplains how open learning resources support creative demonstration of knowledge in classroomsvideoCC BY 3.0
A Brief History of OERDr. David Wiley,
Utah State University Centre for Open and Sustainable Learning
Briefly describes the history and trend of OERtextual contentCC BY 3.0 US
A Short History of OERCC WikiDescribes the history of OERtextual contentCC BY 3.0
The cost and quality of open textbooks:
Perceptions of community college faculty and students
Mr. T.J. Bliss,
Dr. John Hilton &
Dr. David Wiley of
Brigham Young University &
Ms. Kim Thanos of Thanos Partners
Reports the result of a survey about the cost and quality of open textbooks in the context of an initiative called Project Kaleidoscopetextual contentCC BY 3.0
OER in Asia: Trends and IssuesMr. Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena,
Wawasan Open University (WOU)
Reports the trends of the use of Open Educational Resources (OER’s) in the Asian regiontextual contentCC BY 3.0
Trend Report: Open Educational Resources 2013Open Educational Resources Special Interest Group (SIG OER)Describes in detail the trends in open educational resources (OER) and open education in the Netherlands and elsewhere, from the perspective of Dutch higher educationPDFCC BY 3.0 NL