Awareness and Use of Open Education Resources (OER) Among PG Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
K. R. Arunkumar ◽  
P. Kannan
Keyword(s):  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Education Resources ◽  
Open Education Resources ◽  
Rate Frequency

This chapter aims to present a brief overview of awareness and use of open education resources in PG students in Alagappa University. Analysis the areas for open education resources. The sample of the respondents had been drafted from the Alagappa University. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed to the users from different categories and 144 were responded which amounts to 72% rate frequency of using of OER, it found that 51 (35.42%) respondents open educational resource daily, 69 (47.92%) respondents open educational resource weekly, 11 (7.64%) respondents open educational resource twice in a week, 13 (9.03%) respondents open educational resource monthly. This chapter presents the definition, challenges of open educational resource, advantages of open educational resource, awareness, and use of open education resources.

scholarly journals Web Strategies for the Curation and Discovery of Open Educational Resources

Open Praxis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivien Rolfe
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
The Uk

For those receiving funding from the UK HEFCE-funded Open Educational Resource Programme (2009–2012), the sustainability of project outputs was one of a number of essential goals. Our approach for the hosting and distribution of health and life science open educational resources (OER) was based on the utilisation of the WordPress.org blogging platform and search engine optimisation (SEO) techniques to curate content and widen discovery.This paper outlines the approaches taken and tools used at the time, and reflects upon the effectiveness of web strategies several years post-funding. The paper concludes that using WordPress.org as a platform for sharing and curating OER, and the adoption of a pragmatic approach to SEO, offers cheap and simple ways for small-scale open education projects to be effective and sustainable.

Open Education Resources

2015 ◽  
pp. 1446-1453
Author(s):  
Lindy Klein
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Education Resources ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Open Education Resources

This chapter explores the possibilities for Open Education Resources (OERs) to be developed in ways that allow independent, self-directed adult learners to engage with the resources with the use of their own learning contexts. Using examples of open education resources currently available from some of the better-known OER providers, the author seeks to demonstrate what is currently available. The chapter then explores ways in which open education and OERs can be further developed to support varying and changing learner contexts.

scholarly journals Caring for students in postsecondary open educational resource (OER) and open education initiatives: inviting student participation and voice

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-487
Author(s):  
Merinda McLure ◽  
Caroline Sinkinson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Voice ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Education Movement ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Open Education Movement

Purpose This paper aims to examine librarians’ professional motivations and theoretical perspectives to attend to care and student voice, as they pursue open educational resource (OER) initiatives in higher education. Design/methodology/approach The authors examine OER initiatives that serve as models for their work at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), describe how they have attended to care and student voice in their work to date and reflect on how they hope to continue to do so in their future OER initiatives. Findings The authors find connections between theoretical perspectives for care in education and the values and ethics of both the open education movement and librarianship. They propose that these connections provide a foundation for librarians to align their professional motivations and practices in support of learning. The authors provide examples of OER programming that attend to care and student voice and offer related strategies for practitioners to consider. Originality/value Librarians at many post-secondary institutions provide critical advocacy and support the adoption, adaptation and creation of OER in higher education. Theories of care, values and ethics in the open education movement and librarianship provide a foundation for librarians to attend to care and elevate student voice as they undertake OER advocacy and initiatives.

Open education resources to support the WHO nurse educator core competencies

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Berland ◽  
K. Capone ◽  
L. Etcher ◽  
H. Ewing ◽  
S. Keating ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Core Competencies ◽  
Nurse Educator ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Education Resources ◽  
Open Education Resources
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