Open educational resources: Inquiring into author use and reuse
Published | September 2008 |
Journal | International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning Volume 1, Issue 1/2, Pages 98-117 |
ABSTRACT
For teachers and learners, the proliferation of Open Educational Resources (OER) in combination with advances in information technologies has meant centralised access to materials and the possibility of creating, using, and reusing OER globally, collaboratively, and across multiple disciplines. Through an examination of a community of author users of the OER portal Connexions, this article explores individual and group authorship, OER use and reuse and the factors contributing to and hindering these practices. As such, the paper sheds light on how OER can be sustained and continuously improved, with an emphasis on the use and reuse of dynamic, relevant, and high quality materials over time.Keywords | CNX · collaboration · connexions · content creation · interviews · log file analysis · mixed method study · Open Educational Resources · peer production · reuse · sustainability |
Language | eng |
ISSN | 1753-5263 |
Rights | Copyright © 2004 - 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Limited. All rights reserved. |
DOI | 10.1504/IJTEL.2008.020233 |
URL | http://www.iskme.org/content/open-educational-resources-inquiring-author-use-and-reuse-0 |
Other information | IJTEL |
Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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