“Do they really know what we need?”Exploring learners’ versus universities’ views on open educational resources in Chinese universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 101817
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Chen ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Huihong Hou
Keyword(s):  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Chinese Universities

scholarly journals A technical mode for sharing and utilizing open educational resources in Chinese Universities

2011 ◽  
pp. 356-374
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
Metadata Standard ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Resource Management System

Open educational resources just supply potentials to help equalize the access to worldwide knowledge and education, but themselves alone do not cause effective learning or education. How to make effective use of the resources is still a big challenge. In this study, a technical mode is proposed to collect the open educational resources from different sources on the Internet into a campus-network-based resource management system. The system facilitates free and easy access to the resources for instructors and students in universities and integrates the resources into learning and teaching. The technical issues regarding the design the resource management system are examined, including the structure and functions of the system, metadata standard compatibility and scalability, metadata file format, and resource utilization assessment. Furthermore, the resource collecting, storage and utilization modes are also discussed so as to lay a technical basis for extensive and efficient sharing and utilization of the OER in Chinese universities.

ACCESS TO EDUCATION WITH ONLINE LEARNING AND OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: CAN THEY CLOSE THE GAP?

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Geith ◽  
Karen Vignare
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Education Gap ◽  
The Right ◽  
Compare And Contrast

One of the key concepts in the right to education is access: access to the means to fully develop as human beings as well as access to the means to gain skills, knowledge and credentials. This is an important perspective through which to examine the solutions to access enabled by Open Educational Resources (OER) and online learning. The authors compare and contrast OER and online learning and their potential for addressing human rights “to” and “in” education. The authors examine OER and online learning growth and financial sustainability and discuss potential scenarios to address the global education gap.

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