OpenCourseWare movement

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educational movement open education initiative

The OpenCourseWare movement is a global initiative in which universities and educators freely share course materials and educational resources online to promote open access to knowledge.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
OpenCourseWare Consortium	2
open access movement	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational movement ⓘ open education initiative ⓘ
benefits	lifelong learners ⓘ self-learners ⓘ students ⓘ teachers ⓘ
emergedFrom	open access movement ⓘ open education movement ⓘ
encourages	adaptation of educational materials ⓘ reuse of educational materials ⓘ translation of educational materials ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	global ⓘ nonprofit-oriented ⓘ web-based ⓘ
hasExample	MIT OpenCourseWare ⓘ OpenCourseWare movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OpenCourseWare Consortium OpenCourseWare projects at various universities ⓘ
hasGoal	expand access to higher education resources ⓘ freely share course materials online ⓘ promote open access to knowledge ⓘ
influencedBy	digital technology ⓘ distance education ⓘ open source software culture ⓘ
involves	educational institutions ⓘ individual educators ⓘ universities ⓘ
opposes	barriers to educational access ⓘ
produces	assignments ⓘ exams ⓘ freely accessible course materials ⓘ lecture notes ⓘ open educational resources ⓘ syllabi ⓘ video lectures ⓘ
promotes	academic collaboration ⓘ educational equity ⓘ knowledge sharing ⓘ
relatedTo	Creative Commons licenses ⓘ Massive Open Online Courses ⓘ Open Educational Resources ⓘ open licensing ⓘ
supports	blended learning ⓘ curriculum development ⓘ informal learning ⓘ
timePeriod	21st century ⓘ
typicalLicense	Creative Commons license ⓘ surface form: Creative Commons Attribution Creative Commons license ⓘ surface form: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
usesMedium	internet ⓘ open digital repositories ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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OpenCourseWare movement → hasExample → OpenCourseWare movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OpenCourseWare Consortium

MIT OpenCourseWare → inspired → OpenCourseWare movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: OpenCourseWare Consortium

Hal Abelson → movement → OpenCourseWare movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: open access movement