The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of Emergency Remote Learning on the perceptions of Open Educational Resources. This was achieved by comparing the perspectives of academic teaching staff in this research with those documented in pre-COVID-19 studies. A total of 105 participants...

This paper reviews the on-going research trends of the ongoing researches conducted in various disciplines on Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC. The background overview on MOOC is organized descriptively and chronologically from the materials collected from the late 2000s to the current days....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the rationale, technical framework, content creation workflow and evaluation for a multilingual massive open online course (MOOC) to facilitate information literacy (IL) considering cultural aspects. Design/methodology/approach A good practice...

1. Introduction -- 2. Profit from Openness: A Critique of a New Business Model -- 3. Profiting from Free and Open Source Software -- 4.Profiting from Open Access Publishing -- 5. Profiting from Open Audiovisual Content -- 6. Profiting from Massive Open Online Courses. - 7. Conclusions and...

This paper presents the concept, and the prototype of a platform that enables citizens from local communities to share their experiences with historic disasters online as open educational resources for teachers, community builders, urban planners, or volunteers. Key focus of the platform is to...

Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials freely available in the public domain or released with an intellectual property license for educational purpose that allows free use, adaptation, and redistribution in any context in any country. In the digital age, the massive accessibility of...

The need for quality assurance mechanisms to support the development and sustainable use of Open Educational Resources (OER) are being raised in the literature and in European and national policy documents as a major challenge and opportunity. There is however, only little experience and...

The present study was conducted with the objectives a). to evaluating general perception of university academia about using open educational resources (OERs) in higher education; b). to examining the attitude of university academia towards the use of OER in enhancing academic, research and...

The present study was conducted with the objectives a). to evaluating general perception of university academia about using open educational resources (OERs) in higher education; b). to examining the attitude of university academia towards the use of OER in enhancing academic, research and...

In the field of computers in education, educational digital games have potential to involve more issues of motivation and involvement, considering their possibilities for higher level of interaction and engagement. However, years of research have shown that the impact of educational games is...

The increasing involvement of different categories of people in education surpasses the traditional boundaries whereas the contents and the electronic instruments used to create, share and develop the information are more and more widespread and accepted. These realities provide opportunities...

It is well known that Mathematical Software can be an appropriate tool to improve the teaching-learning mathematic process. This Software allows the teacher and student to build certain geometric facts and consequently, to visualize them. This makes possible to concretize certain abstract...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore which personal and contextual factors affect the use of Wikipedia as a teaching resource in higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach This research question is approached by investigating faculty perceptions and attitudes in two...

"[This book] is an authoritative reference source that offers an engaging look at how mobile technologies are aiding educators in providing new, innovative ways to enhance student learning experiences. Featuring relevant topics such as switch access technology, digital portfolios, dual...

The paper deals with designing and running a massive open online course (MOOC) used in Lithuanian course “Information technologies” for learners of all levels. The main problem of this course relates to lack of qualified and experienced teachers who could have time for providing a...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) und Open Educational Resources (OER) sind Schlagworte der heutigen Bildungswelt. In diesem Beitrag führen wir in beide ein und erlären ihre Abhängigkeit und ihren Zusammenhang. Anhand zweier Beispiele - "oncampus an der Fachhochschule Lübeck sowie "iMooX"...

Education is the key to economic, social and environmental progress, and governments around the world are looking to improve their education systems. The future of education in the 21st century is not simply about reaching more people, but about improving the quality and diversity of educational...

Ziel der Arbeit ist die Entwicklung eines qualitätsorientierten Beschreibungsmodells für Nutzungsszenarien in E-Publishing und E-Learning. Wichtige Trends wie die Transparenz und Offenheit von Formaten, Strukturen und Prozessen werden einbezogen (Open...-Bewegung), ebenso die Frage nach...

The textbook industry is in significant flux fueled by evolving technologies, increased availability of online open content and curricula, active used textbook markets, and a rash of textbook rental start-ups, just to name a few of the factors at play. Open Educational Resources...

Open educational resources in e-learning are the future source of information for lifelong learners. Open source and open standards are defined as the basis of the "Open educational resource movement" that is beginning to form on a global level in the last decade. The characteristics of the OS...

Open educational resources in e-learning are the future source of information for lifelong learners. Open source and open standards are defined as the basis of the "Open educational resource movement" that is beginning to form on a global level in the last decade. The characteristics of the OS...