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Are Open Educational Resources (OER) and Practices (OEP) Effective in Improving Learning Achievement? A Meta-Analysis and Research Synthesis
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Tlili, Ahmed; Garzón, Juan; Salha, Soheil; Huang, Ronghuai; Xu, Lin; Burgos, Daniel; Denden, Mouna; Farrell, Orna; Farrow, Robert; Bozkurt, Aras; Amiel, Tel; McGreal, Rory; López-Serrano, Aída; Wiley, David – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2023
While several studies have investigated the various effects of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP), few have focused on its connection to learning achievement. The related scientific literature is divided about the effects of OER and OEP with regards to their contribution to learning achievement. To address this…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Open Education, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis
Forms of Innovation Inspired by Open Educational Resources: A Post-Project Analysis
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Coughlan, Tim; Pitt, Rebecca; Farrow, Robert – Open Learning, 2019
It has been argued that Open Educational Resources (OER) present opportunities for innovation in education. However, there has been a lack of retrospective analysis of the forms of innovation that can emerge through OER, and the processes and challenges these entail. This paper presents a post-project analysis of the diverse uses and impacts of…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Educational Innovation, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Practices
Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Education: An International Review of Practices and Potentials of Open Education at a Distance
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Stracke, Christian M.; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Bozkurt, Aras; Burgos, Daniel; Cassafieres, Cécile Swiatek; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Mason, Jon; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Shon, Jin Gon; Wan, Marian; Agbu, Jane-Frances Obiageli; Farrow, Robert; Karakaya, Özlem; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad; Conole, Grainne; Cox, Glenda; Truong, Vi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Open Education, Distance Education
Open Textbooks as an Innovation Route for Open Science Pedagogy
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Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca; Weller, Martin – Education for Information, 2020
The paper introduces the "UK Open Textbooks" project and discusses its success factors with regards to promoting open practice and open pedagogy. Textbooks remain a core part of educational provision in science. Open Textbooks are openly licensed academic textbooks, wherein the digital version is available freely, and the print version…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, STEM Education
Supporting the Discoverability of Open Educational Resources
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Cortinovis, Renato; Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Domingue, John; Mulholland, Paul; Farrow, Robert – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
Open Educational Resources (OERs), now available in large numbers, have a considerable potential to improve many aspects of society, yet one of the factors limiting this positive impact is the difficulty to discover them. This study investigates and proposes strategies to better support educators in discovering OERs, mainly focusing on secondary…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers, Discovery Processes