Panel Discussion: Challenges of Open Educational Resources Panelists (original) (raw)

Open Educational Resources (OERs): How to adopt and use them in the classroom

2021

Pros and cons of OER Finding suitable OER? Using and adapting OER Co-creation with your students Copyright & licensing issues in OER OER in MU Disseminating OER Q&A DEFINING OER "Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials that are either (a) in the public domain or (b) licensed in a manner that provides everyone with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities. • Retain-make, own, and control a copy of the resource • Reuse-use your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource publicly • Revise-edit, adapt, and modify your copy of the resource • Remix-combine your original or revised copy of the resource with other existing material to create something new • Redistribute-share copies of your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource with others"

Towards the development of open educational resources: challenges and issues

2012

The fast evolution of the Internet and the Information and Communication Technologies has leveraged and multiplied the possibilities of learning. Additionally, the advent of free and open software has also motivated research and development in the education area. As a result, there has been a change in the way that educational resources are designed, developed and delivered to learners. The term Open Educational Resources (OERs) has emerged as an attempt to standardize the educational content available in a free and open way through the Internet. The establishment and adoption of innovative processes, methods and tools for creating well-designed and highly flexible OERs are challenging for the scientific community in general and, especially, for software engineers. Indeed, Software Engineering practices and principles should be reviewed, updated and adapted for adequately deal with the developmental aspects and needs in this emerging scenario. Having this goal in mind, in this paper we identify some challenges and issues to be considered by software engineers in order to provide an adequate and efficient infrastructure to the development and adoption of OERs.

Open Educational Resources and open content – discussion highlights

Open Educational Resources and Open Content:An introduction to Open Educational Resources and open course content: the importance and benefits of OER, 2006

The OER movement is breaking down barriers that have blocked access to academic content. Until recently, most electronic course content was locked up behind passwords within proprietary systems, noted the forum’s initial moderator, Sally Johnstone (this volume). OER represents a major step toward sharing teaching materials, methods and tools, just as academics have shared their work in scholarly papers for a long time. The result is to augment teaching resources while expanding knowledge opportunities for learners and faculty members. Throughout the forum, a forthright exchange of views stimulated thought and ideas that can advance the cause of OER. Participants stressed the importance of providing open, accessible and superior higher education content for a global community of teachers and scholars, students and lifelong learners. Whether OER is categorized as ‘open access’ or ‘free content’, it promotes autonomy and self-reliance within the learning community. Without the constraints of time or geography, the power of education is released to combat economic, social and cultural obstacles. Through independent, self-determined learning and open academic content, the individual is able to grow intellectually beyond previous personal, institutional or local boundaries. Other benefits range from developing valuable work skills to engaging in life-enriching, lifelong learning.

The Open Educational Resources Movement:: Free learning for all students

2012

In recent years, the term Open Educational Resources (OER) has emerged, aiming to promote open access to digital educational resources that are available online for everyone at a global level [1]. The term was first adopted by UNESCO [2], which has defined Open Educational Resources (OERs) as the “technology-enabled, open provision of educational resources for consultation, use and adaptation by a community of users for non-commercial purposes”. With regard to this broad definition, a number of narrower definitions of OERs ...

Barriers and Benefits of Open Educational Resources

2018

Most OER libraries have not yet been as successful as initially predicted. This is not a new story. The same patterns of adoption and resistance have been played out in the diffusions of other educational technologies, where expectations have frequently exceeded reality due to overlooked barriers (Jamison & Klees, 1973). These include costs and logistics, but also pedagogical and cultural barriers. Parrish (2004) predicted issues for learning object adoption, many of which are born out in recent research on OER implementations. For this study, we reviewed 14 papers on the implementation of OER initiatives in a variety of contexts, as well as surveys on the use of OERs. A resulting set of potential barriers and benefits were identified, as well as recommendations for overcoming barriers and promoting benefits. Because most OER repositories have not been as successful as initially imagined, we suggest these would be useful to consider in any implementation of a new OER library.

Open Educational Resources: A Literature Review

2018

The open educational resources (OER) movement is an emerging trend in higher education contexts, primarily due to the ubiquitous use of technology and access to the internet. This literature review focuses on the concept of OER, its essential definitions, its potential benefits, its open nature, and various aspects of adoption. The research findings indicate that the OER movement has not expanded fully into educational sectors, and the level of faculty and student awareness is quite low. The research also reveals that the current status of OER adoption in educational sectors is minimal. Additionally, OER adoption has encountered several obstacles; potential users have difficulty finding the proper OER materials, and there are quality control issues with resources. However, students saved a significant amount of money when OER replaced traditional textbooks. Many critical issues related to OER adoption must be resolved, and others may arise as more faculty and students begin to use t...

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Free Learning for All Students

2012

Abstract In recent years, the term Open Educational Resources (OER) has emerged, aiming to promote open access to digital educational resources that are available online for everyone at a global level. This panel presents views from different countries on the development of open educational resource initiatives.