Role of Open Educational Resources to Support School Science Education in India

2016 ◽  
pp. 409-441
Author(s):  
Sudhakar Agarkar
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
School Science ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Education In India

scholarly journals Meeting the challenges of higher education in India through Open Educational Resources: Policies, practices, and implications

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Archana Thakran ◽  
Ramesh Chander Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
Educational Challenges ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Open Educational Practices ◽  
Improve Access

 Over the past two decades, the education sector in India has undergone a substantial transformation. Recent advances in technology have provided access to high quality educational resources and information on the Internet. This article examines the role of open educational resources (OER) in addressing the challenges of higher education in India, which range from geographical disparities in access to education, to shortages of trained and qualified faculty. The authors examine and discuss several OER initiatives that are currently advancing India’s efforts to create strong institutional mechanisms to overcome the country’s educational challenges through a national strategic framework designed to improve access to quality higher education. The authors explore these initiatives designed to increase access to education through OER, as well as those designed to develop OER-related skills for educators. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of these initiatives for the development of open educational practices in India.

scholarly journals Designing an online learning environment on Open Educational Resources for science education

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Shironica Karunanayaka ◽  
Chandana Fernando ◽  
Vajira de Silva
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Course Content

The concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) is a major breakthrough in education, which promotes sharing, adaptation and contextualisation of course content. Promotion of using OER can be very cost effective, since development of new course content would be both expensive and time consuming. However, awareness raising and capacity building of teachers and learners is crucial, in order to exploit the full potential of OER.The Faculty of Education at the Open University of Sri Lanka, initiated a research project to create an Online Learning Environment (OLE) on OER for science education, witha view to raise awareness, develop competencies and enhance adapting, adoption and creation of OER by teachers. This is developed in Moodle Learning Management System, as a supplementary material for science teachers enrolled in a distance mode professional development programme. The research team, together with a group of science teachers and teacher educators, who are their students, is engaged in this action research conducted in several stages: analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. This paper discusses the first three stages, concerning the following objectives: to identify sources of OER for science education, to make key design decisions of the OLE, and to design and develop the OLE on OER for science education.The analysis of need, learner, task and context, resulted in making decisions on information, instruction, interaction and interface design. Some initial design decisions are: Structuring of information on finding, using and creating OER related to teaching science, while making it relevant and meaningful for teachers; Use of exploratory instructional strategies enabling teachers to select OER; Incorporate frequent interactions encouraging teachers to adopt, adapt, create and share OER; and Use of different media elements to make the visual layout motivating. A prototype will be pilot tested with science teachers with a view to revise and improve the OLE on OER. Allowing student teachers/teacher educators to work collaboratively with their instructors, as a team, enable both parties to face challenges together, in this novel experience of designing and developing an OLE on OER.

scholarly journals Incubators: Building community networks and developing open educational resources to integrate bioinformatics into life science education

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-390
Author(s):  
Elizabeth F. Ryder ◽  
William R. Morgan ◽  
Michael Sierk ◽  
Samuel S. Donovan ◽  
Sabrina D. Robertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Community Networks ◽  
Building Community

scholarly journals The Role of CSCL Pedagogical Patterns as Mediating Artefacts for Repurposing Open Educational Resources

2011 ◽  
pp. 206-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gráinne Conole ◽  
Patrick McAndrew ◽  
Yannis Dimitriadis
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Design Element ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Small Set ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity ◽  
Learning Flow

Designing effective CSCL processes is a complex task that can be supported by existing good practices formulated as pedagogical patterns. From a cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) perspective previous research has shown that patterns served as Mediating Artefacts (MA) helping practitioners to make informed decisions and choices, being much closer to the practitioners’ mindsets than complex learning design models, such as IMS-LD. However, a new challenge arises when the starting design element corresponds to Open Educational Resources (OER), i.e. free resources of high quality that are typically employed for individual learning. Recent research reported in this chapter has aimed to analyze the eventual contribution of CSCL patterns such as Collaborative Learning Flow Patterns (CLFP) in the repurposing process of existing OER for collaborative learning. Preliminary evidence coming from a set of workshops with educational technology experts shows that a small set of patterns drawn from a CSCL pattern language together with other MA, such as visual representations of Learning Designs, may be inspirational and effective in repurposing existing OER. Further research is under development that builds on the successful workshop format and involves practitioners in face-to-face and virtual workshops. This new set of experiences aims to analyze the effectiveness of the pedagogical patterns and other complementary MA in helping practitioners exploit the great potential of OER in the framework of the Open Learning Network (OLnet) project funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

scholarly journals The role of open educational resources in the eLearning movement

2016 ◽  
pp. 10-21
Keyword(s):  
Educational Environment ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
New Challenges

Open Educational Resources (OERs) have gained increased attention for their potential to provide equitable and accessible educational facilities for people worldwide. Obviating demographic, economic, and geographic educational boundaries can be the OERs slogan. Realization of this promise is an inevitable target of eLearning, thus offering education new challenges. In this observation paper, we express OERs altruistic and idealistic reasons as well as their opportunities and advantages for three groups of eLearning stakeholders, namely learners, teachers, and educational institutions. Also, this paper addresses open questions such as what are the current limitations and challenges of developing and distributing OERs in the fast changing global educational environment.

scholarly journals Open Educational Resources (OER) dan Penerapannya pada Perpustakaan Institut Agama Islam Negeri Curup

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Rahmat Iswanto
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
The World ◽  
Information Providers ◽  
Role Of Information

This paper examines the concept of open educational resources developing in the world of education and libraries and the application of OER development research results to the IAIN Curup library. The problems were how the limitations of the OER and the models developed were, how was the development carried out by the IAIN Curup library, and how the application of the OER model developed in the IAIN Curup library was applied. The method used in this scientific paper is to explain the OER concept based on several sources, both articles and books. Another method is to describe the results of interviews with research subjects related to the application of OER at the IAIN Curup library. The results are a conceptual framework generated from some articles and books as well as an assessment of the application of OER in the IAIN Curup library. The form of OER service is a form of business development to provide the role of information providers in the world of education which must always be maintained and developed by educational institutions by utilizing technology. Meanwhile, the application of OER in the IAIN Curup library is still not optimal due to several constraints both internally and externally.

scholarly journals Otwarte zasoby edukacyjne - przegląd inicjatyw w Polsce i na świecie

e-mentor ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Kamila Kokot-Kanikuła ◽  
◽  
Anna Wałek
Keyword(s):  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Training Materials ◽  
Barriers To Teaching ◽  
And Training

Open Educational Resources (OER) are training materials and tools that support both learning and teaching. This phenomenon is inextricably linked with a broader concept - open education, which calls for the removal of barriers to teaching so that learners can acquire knowledge following their educational and training needs. The aim of the article is to familiarize the readers with the idea of open educational resources, the legal and organizational foundations crucial for their creation and development, as well as the latest initiatives undertaken in the field of OER dissemination. In the first part of the article, the authors explain the concept and role of open educational resources in the teaching process. Then, they present selected initiatives implemented by members of European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL) and the results of a survey conducted among European academic libraries by SPARC Europe. The analysis of publications, the content of legal documents, reports, and recommendations made it possible to precisely define the meaning of open educational resources for their users. The multifaceted nature and scale of the activities confirm that modern teaching can develop faster based on open educational materials.

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