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Challenges in the adoption and use of OpenCourseWare: experience of the United Nations University

2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/02680510802627803

1469-9958

Brendan Barrett, Velma I. Grover, Tomasz Janowski, Hanneke Van Lavieren, Adegboyega Ojo, Philipp Schmidt,

Open Education and E-Learning

This paper provides insights on the adoption or use of OpenCourseWare (OCW) to support broader research, training and institutional capacity development goals, based on the experience of the United Nations University. Specifically, it explains the strategic context for the use of OCW in the university through its related efforts in the area of Virtual and Open Learning, and how OCW fits these requirements. Finally, the paper presents the current status, and discusses challenges and future directions of the OCW project at the United Nations University.