The Graphic Era Hill University (GEHU) will hold a workshop on “Open Educational Resources” at its campus in Dehradun on June 10 and 11. In keeping with its commitment to promote academic excellence and socially relevant education, the university is organizing the workshop.
The Internet has become an increasingly important feature of the learning environment. Over time, the users of the Internet and World Wide Web have benefited from the improvement in their ability to learn and the way they pursue their academic interests. A majority of the Internet users also consistently report that it helps them to do their job better and improves the way they get information about anything using internet search engines and the websites like Wikipedia.
The quest for knowledge through Internet has also led to the development of free teaching, learning and research resources known as open educational resources that reside in the public domain and can be accessed by anyone and at anytime, free of cost.
This workshop would provide a common forum for academia and practitioners to exchange their views in different areas related to Open Educational Resources. The workshop is aimed at building capacity in the area of Open Educational Resources by imparting training to educators, teachers and trainers who share the vision for free educational resources.
The Workshop Sessions will be interspersed with talk and presentations by prominent speakers like Prof MM Pant, Prof Sanjay Jasola, Prof Durgesh Pant and Dr RC Sharma.