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Download full textOelfke, Alissa L.; Sadowski, Jennifer A.; Mathwig Ramseier, Cari; Iremonger, Christopher; Volkert, Katrina; Dykman, Emily; Kuhl, Lynne; Baumann, Annie – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This study evaluated a coordinated and collaborative pilot implementation of open educational resources (OER) across multiple disciplines including nursing, accounting, environmental science, religious studies, and finance. Participating faculty were qualitatively surveyed regarding their experience creating and implementing OER in a course.…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Textbooks, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Rodés, Virginia; Gewerc-Barujel, Adriana; Llamas-Nista, Martín – International 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 Latin America. This paper describes results of a study that analysed the social representations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Shared Resources and Services, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Venegas-Muggli, Juan I.; Westermann, Werner – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This article examines the effect of two Open Educational Resources (OER)--Khan Academy Collection and a teacher-authored open textbook--on mathematical course performance and attendance amongst first-year higher education Chilean students. It also aims to find out about teachers' and students' views on the use of OER in order to understand how…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Instructional Effectiveness, College Freshmen, College Mathematics
Risquez, Angelica; McAvinia, Claire; Desmond, Yvonne; Bruen, Catherine; Ryan, Deirdre; Coughlan, Ann – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This paper reports on the research findings from a national project examining the issues in creating, sharing, using, and reusing open educational resources (OER) in the context of the development of open education in Ireland. One important aspect of the research was to investigate the potential for using existing institutional research repository…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Open Education
Villar-Onrubia, Daniel – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
This study looks at OpenCourseWare (OCW) in Spain, a country where most public universities have tried to promote that particular model of open educational resources (OER) provision among academics. Using three universities with varying levels of OCW activity as a case study, this article examines key drivers behind the implementation of OCW…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Educational Resources, Courseware, Higher Education
Vojtech, Gabrielle; Grissett, Judy – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Research indicates that students find open educational resources (OER) favorable, but there is no research regarding students' perceptions of faculty who use open textbooks. In the present study we examined this topic experimentally with two undergraduate psychology courses at a small public university. Participants read two passages--one about an…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, College Faculty, Textbooks
Chiorescu, Marcela – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
It is estimated that the average student spends around 1200 USD on books and supplies every school year; thus, textbook affordability has become more and more of a challenge for students. Replacing traditionally expensive learning resources with open educational resources (OER) can have a great impact in the reduction of cost for post-secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Algebra, College Students, Costs
Zapata, Gabriela C. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This article investigates the results of a book sprint experience whose main objective was the development of instructional modules for an open textbook for the teaching of Spanish as a second language. Six graduate students at a public American university participated in the project for a week, working in pairs in the creation of activities that…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, College Faculty, Collaborative Writing, Public Colleges
Cronin, Catherine – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Open educational practices (OEP) is a broad descriptor of practices that include the creation, use, and reuse of open educational resources (OER) as well as open pedagogies and open sharing of teaching practices. As compared with OER, there has been little empirical research on individual educators' use of OEP for teaching in higher education.…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
Fischer, Lane; Ernst, David; Mason, Stacie – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Using data collected from peer reviews for Open Textbook Library titles, this paper explores questions about rating the quality of open textbooks. The five research questions addressed the relationship between textbook and reviewer characteristics and ratings. Although reviewers gave textbooks high ratings generally, reviewers identified…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Shared Resources and Services, Electronic Publishing, Rating Scales
Jung, Eulho; Bauer, Christine; Heaps, Allan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The high cost of tuition and textbooks can have a negative impact on potential students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Open Educational Resources (OER) offers students a way to save educational costs while utilizing high-quality open textbooks. Up until now, there have been few studies focused on a specific provider of open textbooks. This…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Textbooks, Shared Resources and Services
Watson, C. Edward; Domizi, Denise P.; Clouser, Sherry A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
As public funding for higher education decreases and the cost to students to attend college increases, universities are searching for strategies that save students money while also increasing their chances for success. Using free online textbooks is one such strategy, and the OpenStax College initiative at Rice University is one of the most widely…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Shared Resources and Services
