The Impact of OER on Teaching and Learning Practice

Weller, Martin; de los Arcos, Bea; Farrow, Rob; Pitt, Beck and McAndrew, Patrick (2015). The Impact of OER on Teaching and Learning Practice. Open Praxis, 7(4) pp. 351–361.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.7.4.227

Abstract

The OER Research Hub has been investigating the impact of OER, using eleven hypotheses, and a mixed methods approach to establish an evidence base. This paper explores the findings relating to teaching and learning. The findings reveal a set of direct impacts, including an increase in factors relating to student performance, increased reflection on the part of educators, and the use of OER to trial and supplement formal study. There are also indirect impacts, whose benefits will be seen after several iterations. These include the wide scale reporting of adaptation, and the increase in sharing and open practice that results from OER usage.

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• Item ORO ID
• 44963
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 2304-070X
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  OU OER Research Hub (H-12-016-PM)	2012-7836	The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

• Keywords
• Open education; OER; Open textbook; impact
• Academic Unit or School
• Institute of Educational Technology (IET)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2015 The Authors
• Depositing User
• Rebecca Pitt