open educational resources

Digitised materials offered freely and openly for teachers/trainers and learners (pupils, students or self-learners) for teaching, learning and research.

Comment

open educational resources include learning content, software tools to develop, use and distribute content, and implementation resources such as open licences.

Source

Based on Council of the European Union, 2012.

Related term(s)
blended learning
distance learning
distributed learning
e-learning
mobile learning / m-learning
online learning / web-based learning
open learning / self-paced learning
self-directed learning / self-learning / self-regulated learning
virtual learning