Assessing the potential toward Open Educational Practices in Kyrgyzstan
| Published | April 2018 |
| Type of work | Selected papers from the Open Education Consortium Global 2018 Conference |
| Journal | Open Praxis Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 159-177 |
| Publisher | International Council for Open and Distance Education |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan, Asia |
ABSTRACT
The study was undertaken to understand the propensity for increased engagement with open educational practices (OEP), to include methods prioritizing student-centered teaching & learning, and awareness, use, and development of open educational resources (OER) among higher education faculty in Kyrgyzstan. The study employed a mixed-methods research design, combining qualitative and quantitative data obtained from 35 faculty, librarians, and administrators in institutions of higher education in Kyrgyzstan. This study aimed to identify current teaching practices and learning resource usage practices, gauge levels of knowledge regarding Kyrgyzstan’s Copyright law, Creative Commons licenses, and Open Educational Resources, and investigate perceptions regarding potential roles for libraries in enabling others’ learning regarding Copyright and Creative Commons, and open educational resources. Analysis of the results revealed a higher than expected gravitation toward student-centered pedagogy than previously assumed. The study also identified broad use of digital downloads as learning materials, conflation of open educational resources with free online resources, and positive perceptions of libraries’ potential to instruct regarding Kyrgyz copyright, Creative Commons, and open educational resources, and needs for further professional development training for librarians.| Keywords | Kyrgyzstan · open educational practices · Open Educational Resources · Teaching & Learning |
| Published at | Oslo, Norway |
| ISSN | 2304-070X |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| DOI | 10.5944/openpraxis.10.2.834 |
| URL | https://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/834 |
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