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'''This entry is a stub. For up to date (July 2015) information see the excellent 11-page report ''[http://education.okfn.org/open-education-lithuania/ Open Education in Lithuania]'', by [[Airina Volungeviciene]]'''
<br>'''For general background on education and online learning in Lithuania, see [[E-learning:Lithuania]]'''
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[[Policies Survey]] notes:

: ''Lithuania'' has participated in various international EU-funded projects (co-financed by its government) that are aimed at the creation of OER. These projects were implemented with [[European Schoolnet]] whilst developing a [[European Learning Resource Exchange]] service for schools.

: The topic of OER is part of the broader Lithuanian Strategy on ICT Implementation in General and Vocational Education for 2008–2012.

: The Association of Lithuanian Scientific Libraries conducted a study on Lithuanian research in open access journals; see www.lmba.lt/sites/default/files/OA_tyrimo%20ataskaita.pdf.

== Overview ==

''Lithuania'', officially the '''Republic of Lithuania''' (Lithuanian: '''Lietuvos Respublika''') is a country in Eastern Europe, often referred to as Northern Europe or in Baltic Division. Situated along the south-eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with [[Latvia]] to the north, [[Belarus]] to the southeast, [[Poland]], and the Russian exclave of the Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania is a member of NATO and of the [[European Union]].

Its population is [[Has population::3,400,000]]. Its capital and largest city is [[Has capital::Vilnius]].

=== Further information ===

''For further general information see [[Wikipedia:{{PAGENAME}}]].''

== Education in {{PAGENAME}} ==

''For a general description of education in {{PAGENAME}} see [[Education:{{PAGENAME}}]].''



=== e-learning ===

''For a description more focussed to e-learning see [[E-learning:{{PAGENAME}}]].''



=== Quality procedures ===



== Internet in {{PAGENAME}} ==

There has been steady growth in almost all indicators. Growth in fixed broadband take-up continued last year, reaching 21%. The situation is somewhat better for household connectivity. Currently, 54% of households have a fixed broadband connection, a slight increase on 2009. The majority of Internet connections are broadband. Some 83% of broadband connections are at least 2 Mbps. The connectivity of businesses is slightly lower than the EU average (81% as opposed to 83% in the EU), and showed only marginal progress in the last year. Wireless Internet technologies are emerging, especially laptop use via a wireless connection outside the home or office, but are not yet widely used. Regular and frequent use of the Internet in Lithuania is getting closer to the EU average (58% and 45% respectively). However, at 35%, Lithuania has an above-average proportion of the population that has never used the Internet. The take-up of Internet services has increased significantly over the past few years. The most popular activities are reading online newspapers, Internet banking, downloading, listening to and watching music and/or films, and seeking information about goods and services. Take-up of eCommerce by individuals with 11% lies well below the EU average (40.4%). Although the online availability of public services for citizens increased in the last year, it is still far below the EU average at 69%. Take-up by citizens is also far below the EU average (at 24%) although slightly increasing. Availability is higher for services for businesses (at 75%), though still below average and unchanged since last year. Finally, take-up by businesses exceeds the EU average by 20 percentage points and is the third highest value in the EU. (1)

=== Internet in Education ===

== Copyright law in {{PAGENAME}} ==



=== Copyright law in Education ===

== OER Initiatives in {{PAGENAME}} ==



For a general reference on OER in Lithuania see the UNESCO report:

* Open Educational Resources in Lithuania: State-of–the-Art, Challenges and Prospects for Development - http://iite.unesco.org/pics/publications/en/files/3214687.pdf

=== National OER initiatives ===

=== Regional OER initiatives ===

=== Institutional OER initiatives ===

== References ==

1. ReVica/VISCED page for Lithuania (http://virtualcampuses.eu/index.php/Lithuania)
=== Reports ===

# ''Open Education in Lithuania'', by [[Airina Volungeviciene]], July 2015, http://education.okfn.org/open-education-lithuania/
# ''[[Open Educational Resources in Lithuania - State-of–the-Art, Challenges and Prospects for Development]]'', by [[Airina Volungeviciene]], UNESCO, 2011, http://iite.unesco.org/pics/publications/en/files/3214687.pdf

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