On the role of openness in education: A historical reconstruction
Authors : Sandra Peter, Markus Deimann In the context of education, « open(ness) » has become the watermark for a fast growing number of learning materials and ...
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The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics
Authors : Nicholas Colvard, C. Edward Watson, Hyojin Park There are multiple indicators which suggest that completion, quality, and affordability are the three ...
Challenges of Adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) in Kenyan Secondary Schools: The Case of Open Resources for English Language Teaching (ORELT)
Authors : Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo, Fridah Kanana Erastus Kenya, like many African countries, has faced enormous challenges in the production of and access to qua...
Student perceptions of the creation and reuse of open educational resources: A case study of the development-oriented student organisation
Authors : Michael Paskevicius, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams This case study explores students’ perceptions of the creation and reuse of digital teaching and learn...
Content is King: An Analysis of How the Twitter Discourse Surrounding Open Education Unfolded From 2009 to 2016
Authors : Michael Paskevicius, George Veletsianos, Royce Kimmons Inspired by open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open source software, the openness m...
Revisiting the Reusability and Openness of Resources in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Courseware
Author: Bernard Nkuyubwatsi The marketing of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Open Courseware gives the impression that it has the potential to c...
Secondary Students’ Perceptions of Open Science Textbooks
Authors: Rebecca Morales, Alesha Baker In an attempt to align instructional resources with new state standards and to increase teacher awareness of these standa...