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Los Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA) son documentos, materiales y contenidos educativos disponibles de forma gratuita y abierta para ser utilizados en contextos de enseñanza, aprendizaje o investigación, y la ...

Posted December 17, 2024

Determinants of open educational resources adoption and their impact on educational sustainability: A cross-cultural comparison using SEM-fsQCA

Alkawsi, Gamal; Al-Sharafi, Mohammed A.; AlAjmi, Qasim

This cross-cultural study investigates the factors influencing the adoption of open educational resources (OER) and their impact on educational sustainability in Malaysia and Oman. The research extends the Unified ...

Posted December 17, 2024

Toward convergence: Creating clarity in understanding the benefits and costs of OER

Zaback, Katie

We are pleased to share this report developed by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), as part of the National Consortium for OER (NCOER), and by a workgroup of institutional, state, and national leaders to ...

Posted December 14, 2024

MOOC teaching assistants’ global-engaged learning in the US and China

Li, Yue; Armstrong, Anne; Krasny, Marianne

How can we create a “global-at-home” learning experience for university students to engage them in serving global professional communities online? This study applied global engagement surveys alongside interviews ...

Posted December 6, 2024

Taming the Monster: How can Open Education Promote the Effective and Safe use of Generative AI in Education?

Tlili, Ahmed; Agyemang Adarkwah, Michael; Lo, Chung Kwan; Bozkurt, Aras; Burgos, Daniel; Bonk, Curtis J.; Costello, Eamon; Mishra, Sanjaya; Stracke, Christian M.; Huang, Ronghuai

The development, use, and timely promotion of Open Education (OE) has been effective in addressing myriad educational concerns, including inclusivity, accessibility and learning achievement, among many others. However, ...

Posted December 2, 2024

On a Path to Open

Jhangiani, Rajiv; Pakkal, Oya; Lachaîne, Catherine; Luke, Robert

This report shares results and recommendations from a study of the capacity of Ontario’s public post-secondary institutions to support open educational practices (OEP). The report begins with a brief overview of open ...

Posted November 12, 2024

Into the Open: Shared Stories of Open Educational Practices in Teacher Education

DeWaard, Helen

Navigating through the Faculty of Education as a teacher educator in Canada is complex and complicated. Research literature calls for an intentional focus on media and digital literacies, and technological competencies, ...

Posted November 11, 2024

Scaffolding-informed design of open educational resources in Chinese secondary school mathematics: insights from multi-cycle formative evaluation

Huang, Xiaowei; Lo, Chung Kwan; He, Jiaju; Xu, Simin; Kinshuk

In the post-pandemic world, open educational resources (OER) have the potential to ensure educational equity by providing all students with access to learning materials and by supporting teachers’ instructional ...

Posted November 2, 2024

The Impact of OER’s Continuous Improvement Cycles on Students’ Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the RISE Framework

Castellanos-Reyes, Daniela; Camargo Salamanca, Sandra Liliana; Wiley, David

Open educational resources (OER) have been praised for revolutionizing education. However, practitioners and instructors battle keeping OER updated and measuring their impact on students’ performance. Few studies have ...

Posted October 30, 2024

Are We Asking Too Much of OER? A Conversation on OER from OE Global 2023

Flinn, Chad; Openo, Jason

This paper examines the pervasive discourse of disruption in OER literature by recounting a facilitated conversation hosted at the 2023 Open Education Global conference held in Edmonton, Alberta. This dialogue used ...

Posted October 30, 2024