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Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are free to those licensed to use them. Available online from the European Commission’s e-learning portal eLearningEuropa, OERs offer numerous advantages and opportunities for teachers and learners.

The materials available have evolved greatly over time, with a spirit of sharing and collaboration which is precisely what eLearningEuropa set out to achieve. Now, with improved technical platforms in place to help teachers to discover exactly what content is available and how it might best be used for the context in which they work, the resource looks set to become even better.

The portal’s publication eLearningPapers is inviting contributions in the area of OERs and has requested that the papers focus on one or more of the following themes:

• Lessons learned and best practices within OER projects, tools and initiatives
• New findings, facts and figures about OER development and usage
• Discussion and position papers on how the OER movement can be supported
• Pedagogical innovations and OER – does OER make any difference?
• Transferability and usability of OER
• OER as a way to create and support sustainable development
• Business models around OER

You can find writer guidelines on the eLearning Papers website.

You can also email editorial@elearningeuropa.info to request more details.

The deadline for the submission of papers is 30 June 2008 with a provisional publication date of 30 September.