Insights from the health OER inter-institutional project

Distance Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-227

  Harley, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African OER; Cultural and social capital; Health OER; Health sciences; Open educational resources; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051673800     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2011.584848     Document Type: Article

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