scholarly journals Open Educational Resources as tools to foster equity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Clinton-Lisell
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Financial Impact ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Future Directions

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are available without access fees and with licensing that affords innovation through OER-enabled pedagogy. In this chapter, we review the financial impact of OER and research evidence that the quality of OER is comparable to that of commercial materials. This is followed by an explanation of how OER licensing allows instructors to revise materials and how OER can be adapted to be more culturally responsive, effectively aligned with learning objectives, and inclusive of student needs. By promoting access to materials, being adaptable to student needs, and providing diverse communities the opportunity to share their voices and knowledge, OER serve as tools to improve teaching and learning and promote social justice in higher education. We present future directions for OER research and implementation as well as sample initiatives to support the adoption of OER and activities that incorporate OER-enabled pedagogy.

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.

Beyond Textbooks

2019 ◽  
pp. 182-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley S. J. Farmer
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Academic Needs ◽  
Online Instructors ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Reference Tool

Textbooks can serve as a good starting point for learning concepts or serve as a reinforcing reference tool for students. However, to address the various academic needs of students, as well as to affirm the richness and depth of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions in online courses, online instructors should complement and supplement textbooks with other resources in various formats. Education has a growing need for digital resources, starting with digital textbooks, and expanding to other kinds of educational resources. Open educational resources, in particular, provide cost-effective and flexible tools for teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Connecting OER With Mandatory Textbooks in an EFL Classroom: A Language Theory–Based Material Adoption

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Linguistic Understanding ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Materials Used

Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) theory focuses on developing language learners’ meta-linguistic understanding of the interrelation among linguistic form (grammar/vocabulary), meaning, and context. Guided by SFL when using a mandatory textbook and open educational resources, this study investigates how exposure to this blended teaching and learning context may impact English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners’ adjustment to materials used in their learning, as well as their learning practices. By drawing on the written documents of four students written, and on interviews conducted with these students over an academic semester in an EFL writing course, this qualitative study, through content analysis and discourse analysis, shows that the SFL theory-based material adoption did a good job of supporting EFL students in their internalization of language knowledge from both open educational resources and traditional textbooks, while also enabling students to use materials flexibly instead of passively following along with the content in the mandatory textbook. The flexibility of the students participating in the study was particularly reflected by their ability to construct principled knowledge informed by SFL and to independently apply such knowledge to effectively navigate literacy practices (e.g., critical construction and deconstruction of discourses).

Enhancing Teaching and Learning: Libraries and Open Educational Resources in the Classroom

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Davis ◽  
Dory Cochran ◽  
Britt Fagerheim ◽  
Becky Thoms
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources

Sharing higher education learning and teaching resources in art, design and media

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
Stephen Mallinder ◽  
Debbie Flint
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Art Design ◽  
The Uk

Wider social, cultural and technological changes are precipitating transformations in higher education. There is increasing need for universities and specialist colleges to operate effectively in a global online environment. The development of accessible and re-usable online teaching and learning materials has provided challenges to staff and institutions. This article explores aspects of the UK Open Educational Resources Programme and, in particular, the Art Design and Media Open Educational Resources (ADM-OER) Project which has sought to examine the processes, challenges and opportunities open educational resources (OERs) present to these ‘creative’ disciplines. Part of the project has explored art, design and media tutors’ perceptions of the shift to ‘teaching in public’ and we share some preliminary findings.

scholarly journals Peran Media Audio dalam Meningkatkan Kualitas Proses Pembelajaran Apresiasi Cerita Pendek

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Andi Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Increased Activity ◽  
Audio Media

Learning innovation is an important thing to be possessed by the teacher. This is because through the update that is later success in learning objectives can be delivered optimally. As one of these innovations is the use of learning media. This study was conducted to reveal the effectiveness of the use of audio media in the form of recording readings of short stories on the quality of the learning process of appreciation of the short story. This study used qualitative research methods class action, this study resulted in a conclusion that the audio media can improve the quality of the learning process of short stories with three benchmarks, namely the increasing activity of students during the activity apersepsi, the increased activity of students during the teaching and learning activities, and increased courage students to present the results of its work in the discussion forum.

scholarly journals Harnessing the Use of OERS in Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
Catie E. Carlson ◽  
Michelle L. Meadows
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Field Experiences ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Subject Areas

Open educational resources (OERs) are used by teachers to help find resources to integrate into their classroom and find resources for teaching and learning (UNESCO, 2019). The purpose of this study was to investigate the OERs that pre-service teachers (PSTs) used within their field experiences during one semester in a clinical course. To address the purpose of this study, the researchers collected survey data and lesson plans before and after conducting two OER lesson plan trainings. Findings suggest PSTs may benefit from learning about OER resources, how to use them when planning lessons, and how to cite them properly in lessons within all subject areas. 

scholarly journals Comparing quantitative and comment-based ratings for recommending open educational resources

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Hanna ◽  
Abdolreza Abhari ◽  
Alexander Ferworn
Keyword(s):  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Open Education ◽  
User Comments ◽  
E Learning ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Open Education Resources

The recent application of recommender systems for educational resources and e-learning has facilitated online and accessible education on social networks. However, there are currently few studies about the methods for evaluation and performance measurement of these recommender systems in the complicated environment of educational and social networking platforms. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate the effectiveness of using sentiment analysis methods for educational resources based on user comments and compare it with the quantitative approach based on user rating to recommend best open learning resources (OER) available through online OER repositories. The quality of the OER will be justified by comparing the user rating and the users' reviews. The quality of users' reviews is based on calculating the term frequency for selected positive and negative terms, then determining the similarity among the comments. Comments with positive or negative words confirm the high and low ratings respectively. Keywords: Open Education Resources, OER, Recommender Systems, Sentiment Analysis.

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