Open Education Resources (OER) in higher education is reaching new platforms around the world. In this paper I would like to explore the success and challenges that higher education face when adopting an OER platform. This paper will allow the reader to look outside the walls of a centralized learning environment and gain a broader perspective on free information, knowledge and education used around the world.
"The Floe Inclusive Learning Design Handbook is a free Open Educational Resource (OER) designed to assist teachers, content creators, Web developers, and others in creating adaptable and personalizable educational resources that can accommodate a diversity of learning styles and individual needs."
"Open Educational Resources (OER) Policy Registry, a database of 121 current and proposed open education policies from around the world. Here, anyone can easily share, update, and browse open education policies and legislation. In addition, we host supporting policy resources such as case studies and guides."
Estándar de metadatos de IMS Global que persigue facilitar una experiencia inclusiva que conecte las características de los componentes de aprendizaje con las necesidades y preferencias de los usuarios individuales.
Consiste en un lenguaje común que describe: a) los recursos digitales de aprendizaje, b) las necesidades y preferencias del aprendiz en relación a cómo este puede interactuar de la forma más adecuada con dicho recurso.
ViSH es una red social colaborativa en HTML5 para crear y compartir recursos con contenido educacional. ViSH conecta los recursos directamente con tus clases, ya sean físicas o virtuales.
The Open Syllabus Project (OSP) is an effort to create the first large-scale online database of university course syllabi as a platform for the development of new research, teaching, and administrative tools.
Formerly known as MentorMob, LessonPaths enables its users to create learning playlists to blend and flip classroom and learn at their own pace. With this platform, you can curate videos, websites, blogs and more into learning playlist. Users can browse as well as create playlist.
"University of the People (UoPeople) is the world's first non-profit, tuition- free, accredited online university dedicated to opening the gates to higher education for all individuals otherwise constrained.
The University embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring tuition-free undergraduate degree programs to qualified high school graduates around the world. UoPeople offers Associates and Bachelors degree programs in Business Administration and Computer Science. "