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The OER Adoption Pyramid

open access: yes, 2016
This Pyramid was developed in the course of a research paper focusing on why South African academics adopt OER or not. We understood that numerous factors shaped their choices, but it became apparent that some factors were "essential" to OER activity while others were merely "influential".
Trotter, Henry, Cox, Glenda
openaire   +2 more sources

OER in and as MOOCs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter reports on the investigation into the production and rollout of four Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, and on the experiences of the educators involved in their production.
Walji, Sukaina   +3 more
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Current state of open educational resources in the Arab region: an investigation in 22 countries

open access: yesSmart Learning Environments, 2020
While several studies were conducted to investigate the current state of Open Educational Resources (OER) in several regions (e.g., Europe, America, Middle East and MENA), to the best of our knowledge, no study was conducted to cover the entire Arab ...
Ahmed Tlili   +5 more
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Educator Perspectives and Intention to Adopt OER in Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools in Mauritius

open access: yesJournal of Learning for Development, 2023
There has been a growing interest in the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to support educators to adapt, use, re-use, remix and recontextualise content for teaching and learning.
Yousra Banoor Rajabalee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural-historical factors influencing OER adoption in Mongolia’s higher education sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The research presented here investigates the strategies and practices of educators from six public and private higher education institutions (HEIs) in Mongolia in order to understand the role of Open Educational Resources (OER) in their work.
Batbold, Zagrdagchaa, Trotter, Henry
core   +1 more source

A survey of the awareness, offering, and adoption of OERs and MOOCs in Japan

open access: yesOpen Praxis, 2017
Awareness about Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the purposes for offering and adopting OERs and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) were analyzed using a detailed survey of higher education across Japan, which was conducted in 2015. A comparison with a similar study conducted in 2013 revealed that awareness of OERs has increased slightly and the ...
Shigeta, Katsusuke   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

University Teachers and Open Educational Resources: Case Studies from Latin America

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
The Open Education movement has made efforts to systematise experiences and to evaluate the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER). However, OER adoption is not part of the prevailing paradigm in higher education, both at the global level and in ...
Virginia Rodés   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spinel‐Type Oxides for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Mechanism, Modulation, and Perspective

open access: yesAdvanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 2023
The development of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) is primarily challenged by the slow and unstable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at the anode.
Lei Lin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Work In Progress: A Snapshot of OER Adoption in Engineering Mechanics Courses [PDF]

open access: yes2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 2020
Open educational resources (OER) are free and openly licensed materials used for teaching and learning. These resources can range from full courses, to course textbooks, to individual course modules, to supplementary instructional tools. The key element that makes a resource an open educational resource is the licensing that allows for free use and ...
Jacob Moore, Thomas Reinsfelder
openaire   +2 more sources

Mapping Global OER Trends in Higher Education

open access: yesInternational Journal of Librarianship
The study examined global trends in the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER), with a comparative analysis of Nigeria. The study is a synthesis of 40 global studies on trends in the adoption of OER and 15 studies on the trends in the adoption of ...
Juliana Iwu-James, Uchenna Eneogwe
doaj   +1 more source

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