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An OER framework, heuristic and lens: Tools for understanding lecturers’ adoption of OER [PDF]
Open Praxis, 2017 This paper examines three new tools – a framework, an heuristic and a lens – for analysing lecturers’ adoption of OER in higher educational settings.
Glenda Cox, Henry Trotter
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Incentives and barriers to OER adoption: A qualitative analysis of faculty perceptions [PDF]
Open Praxis, 2016 In this paper, 218 U.S faculty responses regarding Open Educational Resources (OER) were qualitatively analyzed. Ten categories emerged in the coding process.
Olga Maria Belikov, Robert Bodily
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Incentivizing faculty for open educational resources (OER) adoption and open textbook authoring [PDF]
Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2020 This survey assessed the experiences of faculty who participated in a textbook affordability program at Rutgers University. The program provided incentive awards in exchange for replacing commercial textbooks with affordable course materials such as open educational resources (OER), self-developed course materials, course reserves, or library-licensed ...
Lily Todorinova, Zara T Wilkinson
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Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South [PDF]
, 2017 Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student performance; and increasing cost and concern about the sustainability of ...
Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl Ann +1 more
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OER adoption: a continuum for practice [PDF]
RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal, 2014 Whilst Open Educational Resources (OER) offer opportunities for broadening participation in Higher Education, reducing course development and study costs, and building open collaborative partnerships to improve teaching and learning practices, they have yet to gain significant mainstream traction.
Stagg, Adrian, Adrian Stagg
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Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South - Chapter summaries [PDF]
, 2018 Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution and against which use of OER might be evaluated. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching and student performance; and increasing cost ...
Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl
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Heliyon, 2022 Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, and research resources provided under the Creative Commons (CC) licenses and can be freely used, shared, and modified.
Leila Jamel Menzli +3 more
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Factors shaping lecturers' adoption of OER at three South African universities [PDF]
, 2017 The research presented here focuses on understanding the obstacles, opportunities and practices associated with Open Educational Resources (OER) adoption at three South African universities. It addresses the question: Why do South African lecturers adopt – or not adopt – OER?
Cox, Glenda, Trotter, Henry
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Teachers’ Adoption of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education
Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2019 Open Educational Resources (OER) have the potential to change the domain of higher education; however, adoption is still limited. As teachers are the pivotal actors to adopt OER, more insights are needed on their practices with OER and need of support ...
Marjon Baas +2 more
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The Tidewater Z-Degree and the INTRO Model for Sustaining OER Adoption
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016 A growing body of research confirms the financial and academic benefits that accrue to students whose faculty adopt open educational resources, or OER.
David Wiley +3 more
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