scholarly journals A Typology of Educators Using Open Educational Resources for Teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Wilfried Admiraal
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Free Access ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Impact

With Open Educational Resources (OER) teachers have free access to high-quality educational resources and open licenses to prepare, enhance, or supplement their teaching practice. Yet adoption rates are understood to be low and teachers face many challenges when they want to use OER. In a survey study, 1819 educators from various educational sectors reported their use of OER, the types of OER they used, the purposes of the OER used, the challenges they face and the impact they see. Most teachers adapt OER to fit their own needs and considerably less teachers create, publish or add OER. The main challenges relate to finding resources that are relevant, up-to-date and of good quality, time issues and – to a lesser extent- acceptance at the workplace and institutional support. A typology of OER users has been developed with five types of OER users. Implications for practice for each type of educators are formulated.

scholarly journals Open educational resources as an innovative teaching practice in Kazakhstan

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-203
Author(s):  
Seitkerei Mukhtarov ◽  
Diana Vedyushkina
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Impact

The pandemic period has influenced the fact that digital technologies have become social, as there is coverage of users of all levels of social institutions - family, educational organizations, society. The purpose of the article is to present the results of a pedagogical study on the impact of open educational resources on the educational process of a higher Kazakh school. The methodology of the study was the theoretical teachings of D. Atkins, J. Brown and A. Hammond; sociological survey of studying universities operating in Aktobe region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The results of the study were the results of a sociological study to identify the level of the formed system of ICT competencies, carried out according to the Bocharova S.T. methodology "Tool for assessing the formation of ICT competence of students." The authors analyze the features of social technologies, their influence on the educational process on the example of universities in the Aktobe region. Keywords: open educational resources, online courses, e-learning, Internet technologies, educational marketing

Human capital assessment model based on a single digital platformof scientific and educational resources

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
Viktor Medennikov
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Education ◽  
The Impact

The article substantiates the need to re-evaluate the role of human capital in the development of society in the digital age. Since high-quality education is the main direction of the formation of human capital in any country, the importance of creating an information space for scientific and educational institutions is demonstrated. A methodology for assessing the level of human capital on the basis of information scientific and educational resources is proposed. The author presents results of calculations obtained by this method on the example of agricultural educational institutions and a mathematical model for assessing the impact of human capital on the socio-economic situation of the regions.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of the use of open educational resources in the development of students’ foreign language speech skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-170
Author(s):  
G. Sarzhanova ◽  
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A. Toleuzhan ◽  
S. Turbaeva ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The World ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The article discusses the importance of using open educational resources (OER) and the need to use the technology for the development of speaking skills in the foreign language as well. The concept of OER first emerged in the 1990s and Open Educational Resources Movement announced in 2001 that MIT's entire course catalog was being put online and the project was going to be launched at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002. This technology has a number of advantages. For example, the use of OER provides free access to textbooks, allows maximizing time efficiently, increases the interest and motivation of students and helps teachers transform classes. However, it is difficult to deny the existence of some problems regarding OER. The main disadvantages include the quality of the educational resource and the lack of Internet access in all regions of the world. But shortcomings are a ‘temporary issue’ and in the future OER will be adapted in all countries of the world to a greater extent. It will be productive to develop foreign language speech skills using OER, since it allows students to acquire new knowledge more quickly and effectively. The developments of such skills will undoubtedly occurre directly as a result of the continuing use of various authentic materials and the frequent use of these materials by foreign language teachers in the classes is a topical issue. As a result, teachers may encounter problems related to lack of suitable language teaching materials. An important condition for solving the problem is the use of OER, which helps the teacher to develop students’ required skills in the learning process.

MULTIDIMENSIONAL RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta R. Ariza ◽  
Antonio Quesada ◽  
Ana María Abril ◽  
Pilar Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from the Development of Open Educational Resources at Post-Secondary Level in the Field of Environmental Modelling: An Exploratory Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quazi K. Hassan ◽  
Khan R. Rahaman ◽  
Kazi Z. Sumon ◽  
Ashraf Dewan
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Environmental Modelling ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Student Ratings Of Instruction ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Open educational resources (OER) have become increasingly popular in recent times. Here, the aim was to synthesise the lessons learned through the development of OER materials for a university-level course called “environmental modelling”. Consequently, the topics of discussion included: (i) how to choose an appropriate creative commons license; (ii) ways of incorporating materials from other sources, such as publicly available sources, other open access materials, and an author’s own published materials if not published under a creative commons license; (iii) the impact of the developed OER in the field of environmental modelling; and (iv) the challenges in developing OER material. Upon developing the materials, we observed the following: (i) students enrolled in the course did not purchase textbooks; (ii) our OER materials ranked as one of the most accessed (i.e., number 7) materials according to the usage data that summed the number of file downloads and item views from PRISM (i.e., the hosting platform maintained by the University of Calgary); (iii) the students learned relatively better as per the data acquired by the University of Calgary’s universal student ratings of instruction (USRI) instrument; and (iv) other universities expressed interest in adopting the materials.

scholarly journals On the Efficacy of Open Educational Resources

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huimei Delgado ◽  
Michael Delgado ◽  
John Hilton III
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Exam Performance ◽  
Pell Grant ◽  
Large Sample Size ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

Open educational resources (OER), which are free and openly licensed educational materials, have been a widely discussed topic in response to high textbook costs, the need for more pedagogical flexibility, and inequality in access to educational materials. In this study we examine the efficacy of OER through a quantitative analysis of the impact of OER on student final exam performance in a large calculus course. Our dataset affords us a relatively large sample size, allows us to classify students in both treatment and control groups, and includes a variety of covariates that allow us to control for multiple correlated factors. We estimate causal treatment effects using several econometric approaches. Our study adds the following insights into the research on OER efficacy: (i) OER materials do not, in general, lead to any significant change in student final exam performance; and (ii) OER materials have a significantly positive impact on both international students and Pell Grant eligible students.

The impact of open educational resources in teacher activities. A perception survey

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Valladares Rodriguez ◽  
Roberto Rodriguez Perez ◽  
Manuel J. Fernandez Iglesias ◽  
Luis Anido Rifon ◽  
Martin Llamas Nistal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perception Survey

scholarly journals A Qualitative Inquiry of K–12 Teachers’ Experience with Open Educational Practices: Perceived Benefits and Barriers of Implementing Open Educational Resources

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hengtao Tang
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Personalized Instruction ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Open Educational Practices ◽  
K 12

Teachers in K–12 schools have shown an increasing desire for open educational resources (OER) to ensure all students can learn effectively. OER provide teachers with free access to open-licensed educational resources that they can retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute for personalized instruction. Open educational practices (OEP) have been considered a pathway to reinforce the acceptance and readiness of K–12 teachers to use OER. This research thus showcases a qualitative study that investigates teachers’ experiences with OEP. This research explains K-12 teachers’ perceived benefits of implementing OER and also discusses their perceived barriers hindering OER usage in K–12 settings. The study also discusses the practical implications of integrating OER in K–12 curriculum.

scholarly journals Open Educational Resources in the Development of Digital Learning Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 144-155
Author(s):  
N. V. Dneprovskaya ◽  
I. V. Shevtsova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Russian Universities

During the period of the forced transition of universities around the world to the online education, the demand for digital free access services has grown. A unique opportunity has appeared to supplement and develop the theoretical and methodological provisions of online learning based on the analysis of the empirical results that characterize the relevance and effectiveness of the digital environment parts. The educational materials free available at the Internet are the part of the digital environment, which are combined into the concept of open educational resources (OER). The purpose of the study is to assess the relevance of OER for faculty, systematize the main ways of working with them, identify the motives and barriers for the development of OER by faculty. The study conducted among the lecturers at Russian universities showed the high importance and value of OER for their teaching and methodological activities to create and develop the training course content in digital environment. More than half of the faculty staff create and distribute their copyright materials on the Internet on their own initiative for the convenience of their students. The faculty and students freely exchange educational materials using a variety of web services. In conditions of increasing demands on faculty and content of training-course, OER is a valuable resource for educational activities. The analysis of the regulatory framework revealed a lack of OER policy in Russian universities, which is one of the barriers for lecturers to create OER. The results of the study made it possible to develop recommendations for the development of OER in the field of higher education: consolidate the concept of OER in the regulatory framework of education, provide methodological and legal support for the creation and use of OER by faculty, and conduct an information campaign to reveal the prospects and advantages of using OER in higher education.

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