This document describes three open educational resources: a virtual learning environment course development kit, Wikipedia, and Moodle. The virtual learning environment was one of the first handbooks available in Lithuanian for designing distance learning materials. It allows users to easily create and share online learning materials. Wikipedia is described as the world's largest online encyclopedia, which is freely accessible without restrictions. Moodle is presented as a learning environment for teachers and trainers to develop basic skills and competencies.

1. VIRTUAL
LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
1. Description
This
project
is
a
course
of
development
kit.
It
was
among
the
first
handbooks
available
in
Lithuanian
for
teachers
and
trainers
designing
distance
learning
materials
in
Lithuania.
This
OER
allow
users
to
share
and
implement
learning
material
online
2. Qualities
The
main
qualities
of
this
instrument
is
that:
is
easy
to
use,
reduces
the
cost
of
of
the
course
creation,
it
has
faster
development
and
update
cycles,
it
is
compatible
with
others
e-­‐mails
or
learning
environments
and
it
present
various
design
options.
The
method
use
differents
materials
like
text,
illustrations,
self-­‐test
questions
and
answers,
references
to
other
text,
video
or
audio
files
that
enable
you
to
create
and
to
share
a
high
quality
of
knowledge.
3. Innovation
It
is
a
good
project
to
designing
learning
materials
in
Lithuania.
4. Policy
37Current
State
of
Advancement
of
OER
in
Lithuania
Schools
and
vocational
education
and
training
institutions
benefit
from
national
support
provided
by
the
Ministry
of
Education
and
Science
via
e-­‐school
portal
http://portalas.emokykla.lt
run
by
the
Education
Information
Technology
Centre
at
the
Ministry
of
Education
and
Science.
School
teachers
are
encouraged
to
modernize
teaching
curriculum,
as
well
as
curriculum
itself,
but
the
results
are
open
for
institutional
access
only.
Nevertheless,
software
resources
are
open
and
available
for
all
Lithuanian
schools
and
education
and
training
centres
funded
from
the
national
budget.
5. Actors
The
actors
involved
in
this
OER
are
teachers
and
learners
6. Iniciatives
The
iniciative
is
to
train
to
learnes
and
teachers
on-­‐line
7. Open
educational
practices
With
the
use
of
this
website,
you
will
adquire
knowledge,
strategies,
skills
and
attitudes
that
will
help
you
in
order
to
use
other
OEr
8. Tools
and
repositories
An
environment
for
e-­‐mail.
materials
-­‐
electronic
books
and
distance
learning
courses
-­‐
creation.
This
tool
material
-­‐
text,
illustrations,
self-­‐test
questions
and
answers,
references
to
other
text,
video
or
audio
files
-­‐
is
transferred
to
the
electronic
form
suitable
for
publication
on
the
internet.

2. 9. Strategies
Open
resources,
creation,
comfort
and
easy
access,
variety
of
opinions
10. Barriers
and
enablers
Some
barriers
can
be
that
you
need
access
to
internet
and
some
skills
in
order
to
use
it.
The
enablers
are
the
creation
and
sharing
of
knowledge.
11. Keywords
handbook,
virtual
learning
environment,
virtual
courses

3. WIKIPEDIA
1. Description
Wikipedia
is
an
online
encyclopedia,
which
is
free
of
charge
and
without
any
restrictions
to
read,
improved
and
completed
by
all
people.
Wikipedia
to
read
more
than
two
hundred
languages,
and
page
Lithuanian
patterns
are
already
more
than
161
thousand
articles
and
their
number
is
constantly
growing.
2. Quality
Wikipedia
has
a
lot
of
information
of
many
topics.
It
is
free
to
Access,
to
share
and
to
improve
information.
3. Innovation
Is
the
biggest
online
enciclopedia
and
free
of
charge
and
without
restrictions
t
oread
4. Policy
Wikipedia
policies
and
guidelines
are
developed
by
the
community
to
describe
best
practice,
clarify
principles,
resolve
conflicts,
and
otherwise
further
our
goal
of
creating
a
free,
reliable
encyclopedia.
There
is
no
need
to
read
any
policy
or
guideline
pages
to
start
editing.
The
five
pillars
is
a
popular
summary
of
the
most
pertinent
principles.
5. Actors
Everyone
can
join
of
this
website
6. Iniciatives
To
show
and
improve
the
information
off
a
lot
of
topics.
Create
knowledge
with
a
easy
use
and
Access
to
the
information
7. Open
educational
practices
With
Wikipedia,
you
can
add
information,
modificate
and
contrast
it
in
a
open
environment.
8. Tools
and
repositories
wiki
dictionary,
wiki
citations,
wiki
news,
wikimedia
commons,
wiki
resources,
wiki
books,
wiki
species,
and
metawiki
for
project
coordinating.
9. Strategies
To
create,
to
improve,
to
share,
to
constrast
opinions.
10. Barriers
and
enablers

4. Some
barriers
of
Wikipedia
is
that
the
number
of
editors
and
the
renovation
of
the
information
is
decreasing.
The
enablers
are
the
free
Access
and
the
variety
of
information
11. Keywords
Repository,
free
information,
variey
of
editors
and
information

5. MOODLE
1. Description
Learning
environment
for
teachers
and
trainers
to
develop
their
very
basic
skills
and
competences
2. Quality
were
developed
to
facilitate
teachers
and
trainers
at
higher
education,
vocational
education
and
training
institutions,
as
well
as
the
centres
of
education
to
design
curriculum
conception.
According
to
theoretical
model,
online
tools
were
designed
to
support
teachers
and
trainers
in
application
of
the
model
during
preparation
of
online
course
curriculum
conception.
The
tools
were
integrated
neither
with
existing
learning
management
systems,
nor
with
virtual
learning
environments
3. Innovation
Supporting
acces
to
information,
preparation
of
units
and
facilitate
de
assesment
4. Policy
Moodle
is
another
virtual
learning
environment
provided
as
infrastructure
for
previous
LieDM
network,
and
current
LieDM
association
institutions.
It
is
installed
on
LieDM
association
server
at
http://moodle.liedm.net.
Administration
of
users
and
resources
is
provided
to
association
members
for
free.
Thus
open
source
software,
as
well
as
open
access
to
administration
and
help
should
be
mentioned
here
as
OER.
During
the
implementation
of
European
Social
Fund
project
“Integral
Development
of
Operability
of
Lithuanian
Distance
Learning
System”
a
lot
of
products
were
developed
to
modernize
curriculum
5. Actors
LieDM
association,
learnes,
teachers
6. Iniciatives
To
modernize
curriculum,
to
facilitate
the
Access
to
information
and
assesment
7. Open
educational
practices
To
support
teachers
and
trainers
in
application
of
the
model
during
preparation
of
online
course
curriculum
conception
8. Tools
and
repositories
Text,
images,
videos,
self-­‐assesment
9. Strategies
Open
resources,
to
share
information,
to
evaluate
10. Barriers
and
enablers

6. The
main
barrier
is
that
it
have
a
restricted
access
system
for
registered
users
only.
The
enablers
is
that
users
can
find,
change,
post
and
evaluate
information
11. Keywords
Distance
learning
system,
modernize
curriculum,
learning
resources

7. LITHUANIAN
ACADEMIC
LIBRARY
NETWORK
1. Description
Project
funded
to
create
Lithuania’s
academic
virtual
library
through
the
automation
of
libraries,
unification
of
search
and
access
to
information
sources
and
virtual
services
2. Quality
Unification
of
libraries
in
Lithuania
in
order
to
have
free
access
to
the
sources
3. Innovation
Unification
and
free
Access
to
sources
4. Policy
The
project
was
funded
by
the
lithuanian
Ministry
of
Education
and
Science
through
ITMiS
and
then
through
LVU
program.
In
2010,
LABT
linked
together
the
libraries
of
16
universities,
18
colleges,
39
research
institutions
of
science
and
the
Library
of
the
Lithuanian
Academy
of
Sciences.
5. Actors
Institutions,
teachers,
learners
6. Iniciatives
Automation
of
libraries,
unification
of
search
and
access
to
information
sources
and
virtual
services
7. Open
educational
practices
The
Lithuanian
Scientific
Library
Association
is
a
legal
body
attracting
resources
to
the
LABT
network.
The
Association
is
subscribed
to
a
variety
of
data
bases
for
academic
research
and
studies
8. Tools
and
repositories
LABT
practices
can
be
treated
as
ICT
tool
for
education
only.
9. Strategies
Search,
configuration,
print
10. Current
barriers
and
enables
In
LABT
case,
the
provision
of
access
to
full-­‐texts
by
commercial
publishers
through
digital
libraries
is
not
a
pure
example
of
OER
repositories,
because
this
access
is
paid
for
(not
by
the
user,
but
by
the
library
consortium)
and
the
texts
are
copyright-­‐protected.

8. There
are
other
ICT
tools
and
practices
suggested
for
educational
institutions,
teachers
and
trainers,
but
they
are
not
numerous.
Video
interactive
lecturing
and
support
system
(ViPS)
can
be
mentioned
here
as
one
of
them.
11. Keywords
Digital
library,
search
sources,
unification
of
sources

9. MOOC
–
UniNettuno
1.Description:
It
is
the
first
MOOC
in
italian
which
connects
different
university
in
Europe
2.Quality:
-­‐
Courses
in
different
languages
(Italian,
English,
French,
Arabi)
-­‐
Different
subjects
(communication,
engineering,
law,
psychology,
economy,
humanities)
-­‐
Easy
to
use
-­‐
In
2010
it
gets
the
quality
certificate
for
the
best
model
of
e-­‐learning
in
Europe
3.Innovation:
-­‐
You
will
pass
the
barriers
of
space
and
time
-­‐
Live
streaming,
social
network
and
social
media
4.Policy:
-­‐
Grants
from
the
MIUR
(Ministry
of
Education,
University
and
Research)
5.Actors:
-­‐
Teachers
and
Students
6.Initiatives:
-­‐
Researches
in
each
subjects
and
Encouraging
e-­‐learning
activities
7.Practices
-­‐I
haven’t
got
direct
experience,
so
I
don’t
know
which
kind
of
knowledge
you
can
have
about
OER
8.Tools:
-­‐
Distance
learning
courses
-­‐
Video
-­‐
Live
streaming
9.Strategy:
-­‐
Free
access
10.Current
barriers
and
enablers:
-­‐Internet
-­‐Skills
11.Keywords
-­‐MOOC
-­‐Italy
-­‐
E-­‐learning

10. OCW
–
English
for
Communication
Studies
1.Description:
It’s
an
Open
Course
Ware
in
order
to
prepare
English
exam:
here
you
can
find
simulations
of
the
test.
It
has
been
created
by
University
of
Pavia
2.Quality:
-­‐Easy
to
use
-­‐Useful
3.Innovation:
-­‐
Evaluation
in
the
absence
of
a
teacher
4.Policy:
-­‐Teachers
provide
to
add
material
5.Actors:
-­‐Teachers
-­‐Students
6.Initiatives:
-­‐Test
-­‐Materials
7.Practices
-­‐You
learn
how
to
use
this
kind
of
platform
8.Tools:
-­‐Simulations
9.Strategy:
-­‐Registration
10.Current
barriers
and
enablers:
-­‐Internet
-­‐
You
must
be
registered
at
the
university
-­‐You
cant
take
the
test
of
other
courses
11.Keywords:
-­‐OCW
-­‐University

11. WIKI
–
BlogSpot
1.Description:
The
blog
is
run
entirely
by
students
under
the
supervision
of
a
professor.
The
content
aims
to
promote
the
museum
system
of
the
university
2.Quality:
-­‐Easy
to
use
-­‐Easy
language
-­‐Content
from
university,
newspaper,
television
news
3.Innovation:
-­‐Students
can
teach
to
other
people
4.Policy:
-­‐Students
and
teacher
provide
to
create
and
update
the
blog
5.Actors:
-­‐Teachers
-­‐Students
6.Initiatives:
-­‐Creating
knowledge
among
peers
7.Practices
-­‐You
learn
how
to
use
this
kind
of
platform
and
how
to
share
the
same
material
on
different
social
media
8.Tools:
-­‐Wiki
-­‐News
-­‐Feed
RSS
9.Strategy:
-­‐Everybody
can
read
and
comment
the
content
10.Current
barriers
and
enablers:
-­‐Internet
-­‐Skills
-­‐Targeted
content
11.Keywords:
-­‐WIKI
-­‐Peer
education

12. PRESENTATION
1.Description:
Slides
have
been
shared
on
different
websites,
so
you
can
read
and
share
it
on
different
social
media
2.Quality:
-­‐Easy
to
use
-­‐Easy
language
-­‐Share
-­‐People
can
know
the
source
and
interact
with
him/her
3.Innovation
-­‐Opening
-­‐Overcoming
the
limits
of
space
and
time
4.Policy:
-­‐Teachers
provide
to
upload
new
materials
6.Initiatives:
-­‐Share
-­‐Comment
7.Practices
-­‐You
learn
how
to
use
this
kind
of
platform
and
how
to
share
the
same
material
on
different
social
media
8.Tools:
-­‐Slides
-­‐Video
-­‐Photo
9.Strategy:
-­‐Opening
-­‐Sharing
10.Current
barriers
and
enablers:
-­‐Internet
-­‐Skills
-­‐Copyright
11.Keywords:
-­‐Slides
-­‐Sharing

13. ZAPPIENS
1. Description
It’s
an
aggregation
site
with
portuguese
educational,
scientific,
cultural
or
artistic
videos
produced
preferably
in
a
school
environment.
It’s
managed
by
the
Portuguese
NREN.
2. Qualities
Curation
of
contents
to
assure
quality.
3. Innovation
Not
reported.
4. Policy
Publishing
available
to
all
the
education
institutions
in
Portugal.
5. Actors
The
actors
involved
in
this
OER
are
teachers,
learners
and
technicians.
6. Iniciatives
The
iniciative
is
to
share
knowledge
in
portuguese
language.
7. Open
educational
practices
With
the
use
of
this
website,
you
will
adquire
knowledge,
strategies,
skills
and
attitudes
that
will
help
you
in
order
to
use
other
OEr.
8. Tools
and
repositories
Audiovisual
content.
9. Strategies
Support
the
quality
of
creation.
10. Barriers
and
enablers
Audiovisual
knowledge
required
to
assure
quality.
11. Keywords
video
repository

14.
UNICAMP
1. Description
It’s
a
OpenCourseWare
website
from
the
brazillian
university
UNICAMP.
2. Quality
Free
courses.
3. Innovation
Not
refered.
4. Policy
Not
refered.
5. Actors
Everyone
can
join
of
this
website
6. Iniciatives
Not
refered.
7. Open
educational
practices
Free
access.
8. Tools
and
repositories
Documents
ant
tutorials.
9. Strategies
Share
knowledge.
10. Barriers
and
enablers
The
courses
are
only
available
in
portuguese.
11. Keywords
Opencourseware.

15.
MIÚDOS
SEGUROS.NET
1. Description
It´s
an
educational
blog
that
helps
families,
schools
and
communities
to
promote
the
online
safety
of
children
and
youth.
2. Quality
Developed
by
a
specialist
in
the
field.
3. Innovation
Not
refered.
4. Policy
It’s
an
aggregation
site
with
a
curation
made
by
a
child
safety
specialyst.
5. Actors
Child
safety
specialists
and
families.
6. Iniciatives
Not
refered.
7. Open
educational
practices
Free
content
available.
8. Tools
and
repositories
Text,
images,
videos.
9. Strategies
Open
resources,
to
share
information.
10. Barriers
and
enablers
Not
refered.
11. Keywords
Free
resources.

16. EaD
1. Description
It’s
the
first
portuguese
MOOC.
2. Quality
It’s
free.
3. Innovation
Not
refered.
4. Policy
Not
refered.
5. Actors
Institutions,
teachers,
learners.
6. Iniciatives
Free
MOOC.
7. Open
educational
practices
Free
resources.
8. Tools
and
repositories
Text,
images
and
video.
9. Strategies
Free
access.
10. Current
barriers
and
enables
Lack
of
updating
and
renovation.
11. Keywords
MOOC