Implication on Perceived Usefulness of Open Educational Resources After a Rapid Switch to Online Learning Mode
| Published | 3 August 2021 |
| Conference | International Conference on Blended Learning Pages 298-308 |
| Publisher | Springer, Cham |
| Country | Hong Kong, Asia |
ABSTRACT
Evolved as open courseware, open online courses and tutorials, open access e-books and open source learning tools, open educational resources or OER are generally perceived as useful resources by university students. Over the last year, many higher education institutions have rapidly switched their usual classroom-based learning to online learning in order to accommodate the social distancing requirements arising from the outbreak of COVID-19. This paper investigates the implication on the students’ perceived usefulness of OER after the switch to online learning. Based on two identical surveys conducted in a university in Hong Kong before and after the change, it is revealed that the students’ perceived usefulness was generally increased, where the increase in perceived usefulness was more significant on open online complete courses, online tutorials, and open access e-books than other types of OER. It is also revealed that the students have become more aware of the shortcomings of OER, especially on accuracy and comprehensiveness. OER, especially open online courses, tutorials, and open access textbooks, are perceived to be useful for students to accommodate a rapid shift to online learning mode.| Keywords | open educational resources · open courseware · online courses · open access e-books · learning tools · online learning · learning effectiveness |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-3-030-80504-3 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-030-80504-3_25 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
Viewed by 1684 distinct readers
CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS
The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.
Click a star to be the first to rate this document
▶ POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS
Development of Open Educational Resources in Hong Kong: A status analysis
Li, K C.; Yuen, Kin-Sun
This paper attempts to assess the status of development of open educational resources (OER) in Hong Kong. It first outlines the potentials for Hong Kong to develop OER. With examples in three types, it describes ...
Match: open courseware; hong kong; asia
A Review of Open Access Textbook Platforms
Cheung, Simon K. S.
Open educational resources or OER have been gradually evolved as a major source of learning materials. As one form of OER, open access textbooks can be used as official textbooks for classroom-based learning as well as ...
Match: cheung, simon k. s.
MOOCs: A learning journey
Smith, Becky; Eng, Min; Cheung, Simon K. S.; Fong, Joseph; et al.
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have been radically changing the direction of online education in the last few years. Although sharing many common features, there has been an emergence of two distinct varieties of ...
Match: cheung, simon k. s.
Alternate academy: Investigating the use of Open Educational Resources by students at the University of Lagos in Nigeria
Onaifo, Daniel; Quan-Haase, Anabel
Open educational resources (OER) are increasingly used to support pedagogical initiatives and learning needs at institutions of higher education across the globe. In this thesis, I examined key issues in the use of OER ...
Match: open courseware; online learning
Studying Learning in the Worldwide Classroom Research into edX's First MOOC
Breslow, Lori; Pritchard, David E.; DeBoer, Jennifer; Stump, Glenda S.; et al.
"Circuits and Electronics" (6.002x), which began in March 2012, was the first MOOC developed by edX, the consortium led by MIT and Harvard. Over 155,000 students initially registered for 6.002x, which was composed of ...
Match: online courses
New spaces, new tools, new roles: two case studies on the impact of open educational resources
Ferreira, Giselle
This paper reports on two case-studies on the impact of Open Educational Resources taken from an investigation carried out on OpenLearn, the UK Open University Open Content Initiative funded by the Flora and Hewlett ...
Match: online learning
MOOCs as a professional development tool for librarians
Ecclestone, Meghan
This article explores how reference and instructional librarians taking over new areas of subject responsibility can develop professional expertise using new eLearning tools called MOOCs. MOOCs – Massive Open Online ...
Match: online learning
Scaling a model of teacher professional learning – Harnessing MOOCS to recreate deep learning Conversations
Butler, Deirdre; Leahy, Margaret; Hallissy, Michael; Brown, Mark; et al.
This paper describes the most recent phase of an innovative model of teacher professional learning that has evolved over a decade (2006 to 2016). Building on the experiences of implementing this face-to-face model, the ...
Match: online learning
Learning everywhere, all the time
Cook, Vickie
Learners of all ages and stages today engage in learning online. Students learn everywhere
and may be connected to a learning source at any time. Teaching and learning online are
about making the necessary connections ...
Match: online learning
Access to education with online learning and Open Educational Resources: Can they close the gap?
Geith, Christine; Vignare, Karen
One of the key concepts in the right to education is access: access to the means to fully develop as human beings as well as access to the means to gain skills, knowledge and credentials. This is an important ...
Match: online learning
