Open educational resources: higher education students knowledge and use

Alves, Paulo; Miranda, Luísa; Morais, Carlos

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Open educational resources: higher education students knowledge and use

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dc.contributor.author	Alves, Paulo
dc.contributor.author	Miranda, Luísa
dc.contributor.author	Morais, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned	2018-03-19T14:43:25Z
dc.date.available	2018-03-19T14:43:25Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description.abstract	Information and communication technologies represent one of the main innovation factors within the teaching and learning process, especially in Higher Education. In this context, the search for building useful and grounded knowledge using strategies which meet students’ needs and interests requires the use of innovative resources, among which we highlight digital educational resources, particularly open educational resources (OER). The open educational resources issue has deserved the attention of teachers, students and institutions. Considering the present situation as well as the importance given to OER and to the role these may play in supporting learning, the aims of this paper are as follows: assess the digital educational resources features most valued by higher education students; verify the extent to which students’ IT knowledge influences their assessment of digital educational resources; identify the knowledge that higher education students have of OER; assess the knowledge that higher education students have of open educational resources platforms. In order to achieve the proposed aims, we focus our attention on open educational resources, starting by assessing digital educational resources’ features as well as the connection between students’ IT knowledge and that same assessment. We also assess the knowledge that higher education students have of OER as well as of their corresponding platforms. The data was obtained through a questionnaire conducted within a sample of 315 students at a Portuguese higher education institution. Among the results obtained, we highlight that the most valued features of digital educational resources are: free access; any time access; allows reuse; and free and open. The results show that there is a positive, low, or very low correlation between students’ IT knowledge and the features associated with digital educational resources. In addition to this, the results show an almost inexistent knowledge of the OER concept and of their uses as well as of the existing OER platforms. The data indicates that there is still a long way to go so that OER may be part of the resources used by students to improve their learning.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Alves, Paulo; Miranda, Luísa; Morais, Carlos (2014). Open educational resources: higher education students knowledge and use. In 13th European Conference on e‐Learning - ECEL 2014. Copenhaga	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978‐1‐910309‐67‐4
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/16372
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Open educational resources	pt_PT
dc.subject	Digital educational resources	pt_PT
dc.subject	Higher education	pt_PT
dc.title	Open educational resources: higher education students knowledge and use	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.title	13th European Conference on e‐Learning - ECEL 2014	pt_PT
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