• DocumentCode
    2828114
  • Title

    Open Educational Practices and Resources Based on Social Software: UTPL Experience

  • Author

    Piedra, Nelson ; Chicaiza, Janneth ; Tovar, Edmundo ; Martínez, Oscar

  • Author_Institution
    Escuela de Cienc. Comput., Univ. Tec. Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    15-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    497
  • Lastpage
    498
  • Abstract
    Open educational resources (OER) are a direct reaction to knowledge privatization; they foment their exchange to the entire world with the aim of increase the human intellectual capacity.In this document, we describe the commitment of Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), Ecuador, in the promotion of open educational practices and resources and their impact in society and knowledge economy through the use of social software.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; groupware; social networking (online); OER; UTPL experience; Web 2.0; collaborative work; open educational practice; open educational resource; social software; Blogs; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Cultural differences; Educational technology; Licenses; Production; Software quality; Software tools; Writing; Collaboration; Creative Commons Licences; Education; OER; Open Educational Resources; Social Software; UTPL.; University; Web 2.0;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies, 2009. ICALT 2009. Ninth IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Riga
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3711-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3711-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2009.224
  • Filename
    5194287