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Reza Dashtestani; Ahmad Mohamadi Suhrawardi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
The integration of open educational resources (OER) in the educational curricula of universities and educational organizations has gained tremendous popularity. However, there is a gap in research on teachers' attitudes toward OER in many developing countries. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study explored the use of OER by online and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, In Person Learning, Open Educational Resources, Teacher Attitudes
Jason L. Snyder; Mark D. Cistulli; Cathleen D. Donahue; Alana S. Ledford – Journal of Education for Business, 2024
College textbook costs have risen dramatically since the late 1970s. Open educational resources (OERs) stand as a low- to no-cost alternative. This research examined the impact of OER book adoption on indicators of student performance and perceptions of the instructor, learning, and out-of-classroom communication. The first study compared student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Open Educational Resources, Textbooks, Educational Quality
Herbert, Michael J.; Clinton-Lisell, Virginia; Stupnisky, Robert H. – Innovative Higher Education, 2023
Most 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 OER…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Motivation, Open Educational Resources, Textbooks
Fadehan, Olukemi; Okiki, Olatokunbo – Open Learning, 2023
Based on a descriptive research design, this study examined the variables of the levels of awareness, attitude and ethical concern in relation to faculty members in Nigerian universities and Open Educational Resources (OER). Against the backdrop of the five hypotheses raised and tested, findings indicated significant status-induced differences in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Open Educational Resources, Foreign Countries
Clinton-Lisell, Virginia – American Journal of Distance Education, 2023
Open educational resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are less expensive than commercial course materials. Previous findings have indicated that learning outcomes are similar between OER and commercial resources (which typically require fees to access), but there is considerable variation in the findings. It is not well known…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Age Differences, Nontraditional Students, College Students
Jennifer Mayer – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This study compared course passing and completion rates of undergraduate students to determine if there was any relationship between use of open educational resources (OER) and these two outcomes. Students who took OER courses and faculty who taught with OER shared their perceptions of the impact of such resources on learning outcomes and teaching…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Undergraduate Students, Open Education, Academic Persistence
Tlili, Ahmed; Ofosu, Samuel; Zhang, Jingjing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Open Educational Resources (OER) aim to open up the access to education for everyone, further enhancing learning quality and facilitating knowledge sharing. Since their official adoption in 2012, OER have gained much attention with various studies being conducted to investigate how educators and students perceive these resources. However, less…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Foreign Countries
Tang, Hengtao; Bao, Yu – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Open educational resources (OER) can be cost-effective alternatives to traditional textbooks for higher education faculty to decrease student spending on textbooks. To further advocate college instructors' use of OER, understanding their value belief towards integrating OER in teaching is necessary but currently absent. This study thus analyzed…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Values
Tlili, Ahmed; Nascimbeni, Fabio; Burgos, Daniel; Zhang, Xiangling; Huang, Ronghuai; Chang, Ting-Wen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) can, on the one hand, increase access and quality in higher education, but on the other hand it is raising concerns among universities and researchers about its economic sustainability. This is mainly because, unlike traditional online learning, in OER-based approaches learners do not have to pay to…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Models, Open Educational Resources, Distance Education
Ebner, Martin; Orr, Dominic; Schön, Sandra – Open Education Studies, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of approaches to and insights for impact assessment on open educational resources (OER) in higher education and building on this to sketch a framework for university focussed OER impact assessment. The authors describe the literature on impact assessment in the OER context and the existing…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Higher Education, Outcome Measures, Foreign Countries
Adedoyin, Olasile Babatunde; Altinay, Fahriye – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
The advent of open educational resources (OER) has increased access to pedagogical resources that promote the quality of education, but the potential of the OER to transform pedagogical practices is yet to be realized, mainly as a result of a lack of concentration on the policies and practices necessary to support the idea of openness within the…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Student Motivation, Creativity, Intention
Rabajalee, Yousra Banoor; Jugurnath, Bhavish; Santally, Mohammad Issack – Journal 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. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent and intent of adoption of OER practices and tools in secondary schools in Mauritius within a sustainable…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices, Open Educational Resources, Productivity
Christian Mubofu; Elias Kainkwa – Open Praxis, 2023
This study explored university lecturers 'feelings, awareness, and attitudes toward Open Education Resources (OERs). The study focused on two higher learning institutions based in Tanzania. It was conducted through a quantitative approach. Data were collected using a questionnaire from 52 lecturers who were purposively selected. The collected data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Open Educational Resources
Perifanou, Maria; Economides, Anastasios A. – Open Learning, 2023
Open Educational Resources (OER) could be used by educators and learners for online teaching and learning. All over the world, various OER repositories and directories curate OER in various subjects. However, little is known about their quality, popularity and usage. This paper investigates and analyses qualitatively and quantitatively 13…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Open Educational Resources, Use Studies, Usability
Disha, Ilir; Vollman, Brenda K. – Open Learning, 2023
Open Educational Resources (OER) are regularly adopted, yet questions persist about efficacy. Do OER improve student performance? Research produces ambiguous results, because these are derived from small sample sizes, inadequate efficacy measures, and neglect of interactional effects. We examine the effect of OER on student grades using over…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Academic Achievement, Learning Trajectories, Instructional Effectiveness