4 Information Sources
OpenCourseWare (OCW)
The repository collects and displays metadata for open educational resources (OER) from OpenCourseWare (OCW) websites operated by higher education institutions across Japan. Current metadata sources include the following institutions:
- Nagoya University: NUOCW
- Kyoto University: Kyoto University OpenCourseWare
- Kyushu University: QOCW
- Sophia University: Sophia University OpenCourseWare
- University of Tsukuba: University of Tsukuba OpenCourseWare
- Hokkaido University: Hokkaido University OpenCourseWare
- International Christian University: ICU OpenCourseWare
- The Open University of Japan: The Open University of Japan OpenCourseWare
- Tokyo Institute of Technology: Tokyo Tech OCW
- The University of Tokyo: UTokyo OpenCourseWare
All of the institutions listed above are members of Open Education Japan (OE Japan), an organization that supports the advancement of open education in Japan. Metadata is provided through a formal partnership between OE Japan and the National Institute of Informatics (NII).
2. Teaching and Learning Materials Registered in Institutional Repositories
The repository also collects and displays metadata for teaching and learning materials registered in institutional repositories through Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB), a cross-institutional discovery service provided by the National Institute of Informatics (NII). IRDB aggregates metadata from institutional repositories across Japan.
