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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
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Jung, Insung; Lee, Jihyun – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
The factors affecting the adoption of open educational resources (OER) in higher education have become a research topic of great interest as OER continue to be widely used in universities, affecting the quality of teaching and learning. The reasons for OER adoption are diverse, across both individual educators and cultural environments. This study…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Open Educational Resources, College Faculty, Cross Cultural Studies
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Sembiring, Maximus Gorky; Rahayu, Gayuh – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the origins of providing quality satisfied open educational resources (QS-OER) related to Making Indonesia 4.0. It was aimed at exploring plausible determinants perceived by faculty. It was also of interest to reveal how, in what routines associated factors were interrelated. Design/methodology/approach: An…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Educational Resources, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
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Magro, Juliana; Tabaei, Sara V. – Open Praxis, 2020
This case study describes the library's experience of collaborating with an undergraduate Psychology Department at Touro College to integrate open textbooks into their program. We discuss the pedagogical changes as well as explore the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) on students' savings, their academic outcomes and perceptions of OER.…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Pilot Projects, Psychology, Teacher Attitudes
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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
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Piña, Anthony A.; Moran, Kenneth A. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2018
A research and development project was undertaken to document, analyze and report the effects of implementing a free/open educational resources (OER) initiative within Sullivan University's College of Business Administration. The project involved the redesign of courses using no-cost textbooks and other educational resources, in place of resources…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Textbooks, Statistical Analysis, Undergraduate Students
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Ndebele, Nduduzo C.; Masuku, Mfundo Mandla; Mlambo, Victor H. – Cogent Education, 2022
This study explored the pedagogical dimension of the new NSFAS book allowance funding model focusing on the availability of prescribed textbooks, the perceived impact on teaching and learning, and student's academic achievement. The study applied the human activity system approach (HAS) and the activity systems model within this approach as its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Textbooks
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Rodrigo, Maria Mercedes T.; Ladrido, Estelle Marie Macuja – Education Sciences, 2022
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced universities to shift to online learning, one of the challenges to faculty and administrators was to provide students with high-quality, curriculum-based learning materials that could be accessed despite students' variable levels of Internet access. Part of the Ateneo de Manila University's response to this…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Quality, Lecture Method, Electronic Learning
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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