Ol Net And UK OER Research

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Short interview on OLNet international research work around OER and its relevance to the UK OER community. Originally presented as part of an Elluminate session by Chris Pegler (SCORE http://www.open.ac.uk/SCORE) to the UK OER project community. (12 Feb 2010)

OLNet and UK OER research Patrick McAndrew

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