scholarly journals First Year Learning Experiences of University Undergraduates in the Use of Open Educational Resources in Online Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Folashade Afolabi
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
First Year ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
University Undergraduates

This study investigated -the first year University undergraduates’ experiences in the use of open educational resources (OER) in online learning and their in-course achievement. The design selected for the study was survey and quasi-experimental. A total number of 106 University undergraduates participated in the study after a preliminary study was conducted to ascertain undergraduates’ perception and acceptability of OER. A structured questionnaire on 4-point Likert scale and Achievement Test were used to collect data. The two instruments were validated and trial tested to established reliability using Cronbach’s alpha.  Data were analysed using simple percentage and t-test. The results clearly shown that understanding of online learners’ skills, acceptability, perception, and competencies is necessary to provide intervention strategy and appropriate support service which could facilitate their understanding and learning of difficult concepts.  It was also discovered that that students that have positive perception of OER performed very well in the achievement test administered.

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.

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 Openness in higher education

2018 ◽  
Vol 325 ◽  
pp. 227-234
Author(s):  
Tatiana Chiriac
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Massive Online Open Courses ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Open Courses ◽  
Constructivist Approaches

The purpose of this study is to analyze the phenomenon of openness in higher education and its trends and technologies of expanding educational opportunities in the digital information society of Moldovan universities. The main concepts of openness in education are associated with the practice of online learning and constructivist approaches, technical optimization of delivering information, continuous professional development and globalization of higher education. Since skilled knowledge becomes the main value of the market, then higher education perspective as a tool of knowledge reproduction is transformed into the basic space of openness and accommodation to innovative use of educational resources. The key issues related to openness in order to impact higher education target the development of Open Educational Resources (OER), as well as implication of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), relatively new online learning trend. There are institutional practices of the adoption and use of open education technologies in some international universities and organizations, which could be extended as well to create an open learning system in the Republic of Moldova, focusing on national practices of education. Openness of Moldovan HEIs is a strategic choice for the future in a rapidly changing educational market that should proliferate.

'RU Learning Online - Online Orientation for Students'

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Pallitt
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Online Orientation ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Digital Assets

This is a collection of Open educational resources (OERs) designed to support the Online Learning Programme at Rhodes University. <div><br></div><div>Open educational resources (<b>OER</b>) are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes.<br></div>

Do Open Educational Resources and Cloud Classroom Really Improve Students’ Learning?

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Wen Tsai ◽  
Pei-Di Shen
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Certification Examinations ◽  
Traditional Classroom Instruction ◽  
The Difference

More and more educational institutions are using educational technologies and online learning materials to help students achieve satisfactory learning effects. However, not all teachers are able to prepare and design digital learning materials for students. This research attempted to empirically demonstrate the effects of applying open educational resources (OERs) and a cloud classroom developed by Ming Chuan University, which comprises access to related software and online learning materials, to enhance students’ computer skills and also improve their scores on certification examinations. The researchers conducted an experiment that included 114 undergraduates from two class sections – the first section received OERs in a cloud classroom in addition to their traditional classroom instruction (OER group, n=61), and the other learned in the traditional classroom without OERs (non-OER group, n=53). The results show that students who received OERs had significantly higher grades than those without in the PowerPoint module; however, the difference is not statistically significant in the Excel module. The authors further discuss the implications and unexpected results in this paper.

scholarly journals Evolving Access to Educational Materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Michael Paskevicius
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Selection Criterion ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Fitness For Purpose ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Complex Ecosystem ◽  
Online Learning Resources ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the ways in which the selection of educational materials results in implications that impact access to these materials. This is necessary considering the evolving nature of educational materials offered by traditional publishers, and the increase in the availability of online learning materials, among those, open educational resources. I begin by reviewing the existing literature on emerging problems and barriers to learners’ access to educational materials including textbooks, online learning resources, and open educational resources. The findings from the literature review confirm that learners are now engaging with an increasingly complex ecosystem of educational materials, both print and digital, in a multitude of differing forms and formats, with various terms of use and durations of sustained access. Educators have a variety of choices to make when considering the educational materials to be used in their courses, and while fitness for purpose still dominates as the most important selection criterion, ease and persistence of access are becoming important considerations. A model which encapsulates the findings considering the variety of educational materials is presented alongside a discussion about the specific considerations for each.

'RU Learning Online - Online Orientation for Students'

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Pallitt
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Online Orientation ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Digital Assets

This is a collection of Open educational resources (OERs) designed to support the Online Learning Programme at Rhodes University. <div><br></div><div>Open educational resources (<b>OER</b>) are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes.<br></div>

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