Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards

educational resources, digital or otherwise, used to support learning.

OpenCourseWare is a particular model of Open Educational Resources popularised by MIT and the OpenCourseWare Consortium. Materials are presented as being organised around the model of a course offered [..]

usually means identifying who has originally created a published work - may be a requirement of a licence if an item is repurposed or re-used

an articulation of the benefits of a particular approach or business model - often with reference to a specific context and usually focussing on costs and sustainability

a mechanism to illustrate various aspects of a service  - usually include aspects such as funding mechanisms, service approaches, management, accountability, sustainability, staffing, etc.

see Community of Practice

a group with a common interest, craft or profession. Communities of Practice can evolve naturally or be created for a specific purpose.

Creative Commons Licences are applied to published work online and offer simple and clear information about what other people can and can't do with that work.

a form of 'intellectual property' that gives the owner (usually the author) of an original work exclusive rights relating to the copying, dissemination and adaption of the work. Less restric [..]