The road to Free and Open Educational Resources at the University of the Western Cape: A personal and institutional journey

Open Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Keats, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Digital freedom; E learning; Free content; Open courseware; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945896063     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510802627829     Document Type: Article

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