scholarly journals FIRST STEPS BEFORE THE JUMP: UKRAINIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS SURVEY ABOUT OER

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana O. KOLESNYKOVA ◽  
Olena V. MATVEYEVA
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
It Services ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Teaching Learning

Objective. The authors study: 1) the level of awareness of librarians of Ukrainian universities about Open Educational Resources (OER); 2) the ability of librarians to provide support services for the development, creation and use of OER in teaching, learning, research. Methods. The study was conducted by methods of analysis of professional literature, online survey (questionnaires) and analysis of the results. The questionnaires “Library of Higher Education Institution in Support of Distance Learning: Open Educational Resources” was distributed from 20.04. until 20.05.2021 among 137 directors of libraries of higher education institutions of Ukraine. Responses came from 77 libraries. The questionnaire consisted of 9 open-ended and closed-ended questions to allow researchers to get a holistic picture of the research process. Results. The analysis of 77 questionnaires showed that the vast majority of free HEI libraries in Ukraine have extensive experience in working with electronic educational resources. Ranking by resource type prove that 95.89% of library collections are the own generation resources (HEI authors): databases, incl. repositories. The concept of "Open Educational Resources" (OERs) is familiar and understandable to 84.42% of respondents. At the same time, 75.32% are already involved in supporting the OER. Librarians may catalog them (21.92%) or not catalog (32.88%). Among the OER types supported by librarians, educational materials (77.05%) and textbooks (55.74%) predominate. The closest partnership of librarians in OER support (except for teachers) is with the specialists of IT services (66.13%). Conclusions. Despite the still spontaneous, chaotic and little-studied nature of the library movement towards OER, librarians are well aware of this issue. At the same time, 96.1% of respondents want to improve their competencies in the direction of supporting open educational resources. This is very important, because it is the understanding and acceptance of OER that is crucial for a long-term vision of this movement. That is why specific aspects, such as organizational, economic, personnel and motivational, need urgent further study.

Innovative Use of Open Educational Resources in the Higher Education Libraries

2020 ◽  
pp. 179-189
Author(s):  
Prince G. ◽  
Hariharan G.
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Information Requirements ◽  
Parent Institution ◽  
Open Education Resources ◽  
The Cost

Advancement in Science and Technology has made a tremendous impact on library and information centers. It has changed the traditional libraries and information centers into digital libraries, and library services are oriented towards ICT. As an outcome, e-resources are becoming more common among the libraries of higher educational institutions. They have gradually replaced the traditional print resources. Unfortunately, most of the libraries in the higher education sector except reputed institutions are facing a financial crunch situation. These institutions due to the limitation in the budget, find it hard to fulfill the information requirements of its users in the electronic environment. The cost of subscription to electronic resources goes beyond the purchasing capacity of the parent institution. Funding agencies at the institutions adopt consortia-based approach rather than individual institutional funding. In this context, open education resources fulfill the information requirements of the higher education institution. This chapter analyzes these open educational resources.

scholarly journals Social network as a means of sharing open educational resources in Higher Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (38) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Patrícia Lupion Torres ◽  
Lilia Maria Marques Siqueira ◽  
Elizete Lucia Matos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
Teaching Learning

This article is about social networks and open educational resources as means of exchange and collaboration for higher education. It highlights the issue of students as participants in the construction of new knowledge, from content presented in class through discussions mediated by the professor and integration of each participant with their own experiences and characteristics from reality and historicity from that moment. It searches, through social networks and open educational resources, new elements which favor the spread of academic culture, university, currently entered into denominations such as: network society, knowledge society or information society. In common in their definitions there is the change of the educational paradigm which assumes that the student is a passive subject who will only have access to information through the professor’s hands, to a new theoretical positioning. The networks are used by the community to share ideas, opinions, and in educational contexts, for sharing computerized educational resources and with authors such as Andres (2000), Bruffee (1999), Downes (2007), Johnstone (2005) and others. The interdependence skills, exchange of ideas and debates with the strategy of collaboration can also be encouraged through the mediation of technology. From several studies on the topic some recommendations are presented so that the educational resources meet international standards of production surpassing the mere text digitization. The use of educational resources can mean an improvement on the proposals of hybridization of teaching in higher education institutions, by allowing a relaxation of the teaching-learning process which overcomes the boundaries of traditional and formal education.  

scholarly journals Challenges for implementing open educational resources by teachers in higher education

2018 ◽  
Vol 325 ◽  
pp. 479-490
Author(s):  
Roza Dumbraveanu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Educational Philosophy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Teachers Training

Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are facing a number of problems during the last decades: the need to update the curricula to make it compatible with the similar ones from other national and European universities; demand to update the content and the pedagogical approach due to knowledge, technological and research development. Open Educational Resources (OER) might be a sound strategy for institutions to meet these challenges. At the same time OER are themselves one of the challenges that the teachers are faced with. OER could be implemented in courses in different ways, depending on the types of OER and the educational philosophy adopted by the teachers. The paper describes some challenges for implementing Open Educational Resources by teachers in Higher Education in Moldova: the level of awareness on availability and usage of OER; fair use matters; quality assurance of resources; pedagogical approaches for implementing OER into teaching and learning. The paper also grasps the issues of the digital divide that emerge when investigating these challenges. The judgment is based on the literature analysis and on the author’s teaching experience within courses for initial and continuous professional teachers’ training.

scholarly journals Open Educational Resources Development on Higher Education in a Collaborative Process of Co-Creation

2017 ◽  
Vol 08 (06) ◽  
pp. 813-828
Author(s):  
Patrícia Lupion Torres ◽  
Danielle Cristine Boaron ◽  
Raquel Pasternak Glitz Kowalski
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
Resources Development

scholarly journals INTEGRATION OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING TO SUPPORT EFFICIENCY OF STUDY PROCESS

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laima Kuprienė ◽  
Vaida Žegunienė
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Study Process ◽  
Teaching Learning

Contemporary society is actively engaged into technology innovations due to their multi-purposeful usage for personal, professional and educational reasons. Many new terms defining information communication technologies appear but the paper focuses on the interactive media, which may be considered as an integral part of the phenomenon. It is aimed to analyze and discuss the possibilities of integration of interactive media into language learning process to support the efficiency of the study process taking into consideration the needs and achievements of students. The lectures organized with traditional teaching material are getting old-fashioned gradually; therefore, new trends appear in the education process and technologies have to be successfully integrated by the teachers working in higher education institutions. Currently life pace is extremely fast, and rapid changes influence the life of young people who want to be well-educated and prepared for the further professional career. The research was organized to investigate whether the students of higher education institution demonstrate willingness to integrate interactive media into language learning process, i.e. students do not have to be passive users but actively apply and use interactive media in the learning process. Consequently, the teachers have to be familiar with the opportunities provided by the interactive media and acknowledge the necessity of its integration, but still some considerations and uncertainty exist. The methods used for the research are as follows: analysis of the scientific literature sources, content analysis, and questionnaires. Findings of the research are formulated after analysis of the collected data and they revealed the capabilities of the students to use interactive media and perception of the importance and usefulness of such measures.Majority of teachers demonstrate conservative attitude towards innovations and implementation of modern teaching/learning methods, but the situation will be improved putting the efforts in order to seek positive learning outcomes and modernize the study process.

scholarly journals Implementation of a Mental Health internship in a higher education institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (suppl 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Pinheiro de Figueiredo ◽  
Marcelo Picinin Bernuci ◽  
Raquel Gusmão de Oliveira ◽  
Nilce Marzolla Ideriha ◽  
Ely Mitie Massuda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Family Approach ◽  
Learning Conditions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Different Levels

ABSTRACT The approval of the More Doctors Program has triggered a number of readjustments of the National Curricular Guidelines (DCNs) for Medical Education, like the creation of a mental health internship integrated into the health service and community. Due to this demand, the higher education institutions have been encouraged to innovate in their teaching-learning methodologies in order to guarantee a generalist, humanistic and critical professional education. We report the experience of a private higher education institution in the implementation of a mental health internship in consonance with the new DCNs. We present all the steps of the implementation, reporting the participation of students, supervisors, preceptors and managers. We show that a mental health internship linked to different levels of healthcare promotes learning conditions capable of favoring the decentralization of care and application of the community/family approach.

AN APPROACH TO RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS THROUGH OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela Blanca Silva-López ◽  
Ricardo Marcelín Jiménez ◽  
Iris Iddaly Méndez Gurrola ◽  
Hugo Pablo Leyva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources
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