Philippine Commons

E-turo, a play on the words ‘electronic’ and ‘turo’ (meaning teach), is a network of free and open educational resources. It is a resource developed by Vibal Foundation, in collaboration with the Philippine e-Learning Society and the Department of Education of the Republic of the Philippines, among others. The resources contained in the e-Turo website are licensed under Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Philippines

The resource was launched on 12 June 2008, Philippine Independence Day.¹

E-turo is a free e-learning portal where Filipino teachers and learners can interact for effective teaching and learning. E-turo contains a library of educational materials which users can download, share, modify and print. It addresses basic, alternative, and continuing education.²

To know more about e-Turo.org, see the site’s Frequently Asked Questions.

1. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=121529 [↩]
2. http://www.vibalfoundation.org/cybersmart.html [↩]

The ASEAN+3 node of the International Open Source Network (IOSN) invites you to the Philippine Open Source Summit to be held on 23-24 June 2008 in Cebu City, Philippines with the theme, “Understanding the Business Value of Open Source.”

We welcome you to visit the official summit website at http://www.oss.ph for more information.

Registration details at http://www.oss.ph/registration.php

We look forward to see you all in the summit.

MABUHAY (Long live) from the Philippines!