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Awareness and Use of OER by Higher Education Students and Educators within the Graphic Arts Discipline in Greece

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2021
In recent years, Open Educational Resources (OER) have gained significant reach globally as a means of facilitating free and open access to educational materials.
Alexandra Christoforidou   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Usage Patterns of Open Educational Resources in the Engineering Mechanics Classroom and Barriers to Adoption

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2020
Open Educational Resources (OER) represent a small but growing portion of the educational resources market, but the use of OER in engineering is limited.
Jacob Moore, Thomas Reinsfelder
doaj   +1 more source

Faculty Motivation for OER Textbook Adoption and Future Use

open access: yesInnovative Higher Education, 2022
AbstractMost postsecondary instructors in the United States require students to use textbooks in their courses; however, the cost of commercial materials has increased, and copyright policies impede sharing, editing, and customizations of materials. The current study aimed to examine faculty motivation to adopt Open Educational Resources (OER) and how ...
Michael J. Herbert   +2 more
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The use of Open Educational Resources in Ukraine: unleashing the potential for knowledge democratization and lifelong learning

open access: yesJournal of Innovations and Sustainability, 2023
Purpose. The purpose of this article is to investigate the current state of Open Educational Resources (OER) adoption in Ukraine, identifying the challenges, opportunities, and its potential impact on the nation’s educational landscape.
Svitlana Nykyporets   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring use and creation of open educational resources in higher education

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2013
The open educational resources initiative has been underway for over a decade now and higher education institutions are slowly adopting open educational resources (OER).
Ross Charles McKerlich   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Impact of personality on educator attitudes towards open educational resources

open access: yesKnowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2022
The emergence of open educational resources (OER) represents one of the most significant educational developments in the 21st century. Given their capacity to be freely adapted, re-used, and shared in different contexts, OER expand the options for ...
Ahmed Tlili   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are we there yet? A systematic literature review of Open Educational Resources in Africa: A combined content and bibliometric analysis.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Although several studies have been conducted to summarize the progress of open educational resources (OER) in specific regions, only a limited number of studies summarize OER in Africa.
Ahmed Tlili   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Latin American Critical Conceptual Model on the Adoption of Open Educational Resources

open access: yesJournal of Interactive Media in Education, 2021
A conceptual model on OER adoption is presented, as the substantive theoretical synthesis of a Grounded Theory study, whose purpose was to identify which factors influence the adoption of OER among teachers in Latin American universities.
Virginia Rodés, Adriana Gewerc
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Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South

open access: yes, 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
openaire   +6 more sources

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