by Virtual College (UK)
Investing in tools to enable distance learning online has been said to enable the world to unlock sustainable growth, while simultaneously dealing with an international crisis in education. A blog in the Guardian, written by the United Nations’ Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco) US ambassador David Killion and its assistant director-general for education Sir John Daniel, suggested that Open Educational Resources (OERs) could have a number of benefits for a huge range of countries. It defined these as academic materials that can be altered, used and accessed by anyone from anywhere in the world. If governments could seize on the potential of these online learning tools, they could realise “tremendous” advantages, the authors declared.
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