Bb Open LMS/ Moodle

Open Educational Resources (OER) are important for the expansion of online learning. Open licensing of learning components is a precondition for supporting anytime, anywhere learning, whether the lessons are arranged as text, multimedia, videos, applications, games or in other electronic formats. The obstacles presented by proprietary materials impede ubiquitous sharing of knowledge with the use of technological protection measures such as DRM (digital rights management), prohibitive licensing, and restrictions on format shifting, localization, content sharing and other activities considered essential for learning.
 
Dr. McGreal is the UNESCO/Commonwealth of Learning/ICDE Chair in OER, Director of a technical education institute (TEKRI), and professor at Athabasca University. He is also co-Editor of IRRODL (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning).
 
When: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 11am to 12noon Mountain Time (Canada)
 
Where: Online through Adobe Connect at:
https://connect.athabascau.ca/cidersession/
 
Registration is not required; all are welcome. For more information on CIDER and our monthly Sessions, please visit our website:
http://cider.athabascau.ca