RESEARCHING OER ADOPTION AND IMPACT IN THE

GLOBAL SOUTH – AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH

ON OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR

DEVELOPMENT (ROER4D) PROJECT

Walji, S.;Hodgkinson-Williams, C.;

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© 2018, WALJI, S.

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IDRC Grant/ Subvention du CRDI: 107311-001-Research into Open Educational Resources for

Development

Chile

Brazil

Colombia

South Africa

Kenya

Indonesia

India

Mongolia

Malaysia

Peru

Ghana

Rwanda

Mauritius

Uganda

Tanzania

Ethiopia

Somalia

Senegal

Madagascar

ZimbabweMozambique

Zambia

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Sri Lanka Philippines SP1OER Desktopreviewin GlobalSouth

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SP8OER inMongolia

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speci�c objectives

enabling objectives

evaluation

Data curation

Communication Networking

Researchcapacitybuilding

Knowledgebuilding

Leadership Management

ROER4D Hub Network coordination

University of Cape Town South Africa

Participatory communication means engaging with stakeholders early.

The general objective of this research programme is to improve educational policy,practice and research in developing countries by better understanding the use and impactof OER in secondary and post-secondary education.

MAIN RESEARCH QUESTIONIn what ways, and under what circumstances, can the adoption of OER impact upon theincreasing demand for accessible, relevant, high-quality, and a�ordable education in theGlobal South?

Principal Investigator: Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, University of Cape Town

roer4d.org

Twitter: @roer4d

Facebook:ResearchOERforDevelopment

Contact author: Sukaina Walji | sukaina.walji@uct.ac.za Twitter: @sukainaw

How to cite: Walji, S. and Hodgkinson-Williams, C. (2015, October). Researching OER Adoption and Impact in the Global South:an overview of the ROER4D project. Poster presented at the International Committee for Open and Distance Education Conference, Sun City, South Africa.

PROJECT CLUSTERS

OERDesktop Review

OER Survey

Academics’adoption of OER

Teacher educators’adoption of OER

OERadoption in one

country

OER impactstudies

Baselineeducationalexpenditure

Open researchprocess

Data

Analysistools

Instrumentquestions

Methods

Conceptualframeworks

Literaturereview

Proposal

FindingsEmpiricalbody of

knowledge

Internal communications External communications

Contentmanagement

system

Email

Virtualmeetings

WebsiteSlideShare

Twitter

Facebook Page

Conferences

OpenrepositoriesNewsletter

Blog

Resources

Projectevents

ROER4D COMMUNICATION

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

OER not understood under the terms typically used in the literature: Sub-project 2’s large survey of OER useamong students and teachers indicates that the concept of OER is not understood under the terms typically used inthe OER literature (i.e. reuse, revise, remix and redistribute). This is even more problematic in languages other thanEnglish, such as Indonesian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Assumption that all digital resources are OER: Findings from Sub-project 5 indicate that while teachers are oftenwilling to share, they often don’t understand or use open licensing. Many assume all digital resources are OER.

Teachers’ understanding of alternative licensing gives students more active role in creating content: Findingsfrom Sub-project 6 indicate that teachers introduced to alternative licensing also share this knowledge withstudents, allowing students to have a more active role in creating content.

Granular OER more di�cult to integrate into course materials: Findings from Sub-project 7 indicate that granularOER is more time-consuming and di�cult to integrate into course materials than more comprehensive sets of OER.

For updates and latest information www.roer4d.org

INITIAL FINDINGS

500+ bibliographic references openly available to researchers worldwide, showcasing Southern and Northern OER research

http://tinyurl.com/ROER4D-Bibliography

ROER4D RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and researchresources that reside in the public domain or have been released underan intellectual property licence that permits their free use and re-purposingby others (adapted from Smith & Casserly, 2006, p. 8). They are purported to:

Improve a�ordability of education through reducing textbook and course development costs. Improve quality of learning materials through adaptation and localisation. Increase visibility of academics’ work through sharing of materials. Enable pedagogical innovation and student-centred learning.

However, empirical research is required to establish whether and howthe adoption of OER impacts on the increasing demand for accessible,high-quality and a�ordable education in developing countries.

DEFINITION AND PREMISE OF OER

WHY OPEN RESEARCH?

Building research capacity through collaboration

Engaging with potential stakeholders

Extending range of research outputs

Raising the visibility of research

Improving quality of research

OPERATIONALISING OPEN RESEARCH

Sharing the process of undertaking research resources. ROER4D research outputs (documents and data) to be published as legally shareable resources under Creative Commons licences.

ROER4D RESEARCH PRACTISES

18 sub-projects (SPs)

86 researchers & associates

26 countries

16 time zones

Year Full citation LinkLanguage ofpublication Region

AAU (2010) 2010 AAU (2010). Progress report for Project 20 (MRCI 329): Development of a Framework for the Sharing of R&D Resources on the internationalization of Higher Educationin Africa http://www.aau.org/sites/default/�les/mrci/PROJECT%2020_MRCI%20329.pdf retrieved on 7th March 2014

http://www.aau.org/sites/default/�les/mrci/PROJECT%2020_MRCI%20329.pdf

English Africa

Abelson 2008 Abelson, H. (2008). The Creation of OpenCourseWare at MIT. Journal ofScience Education and Technology, 17(2),164-174.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10956-007-9060-8#page-1 English USA

Abeywardena(2013)

2013Abeywardena, Ishan Sudeera [2013] Perspectives on open and distancelearning: Open Educational Resources: an Asian perspectiveDevelopment of OER-based undergraduate technology course material:"TCC242/05 Web Database Application" delivered using ODL atWawasan Open University

English Asia

Abeywardena,Chan &Tham(2013)

2013 Abeywardena, I. S., Chan, C. S., & Tham, C. Y. (2013, September 30).OERScout technology framework: A novel approach to openeducational resources search. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. Retrieved April 08, 2014, from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1505/2647

English Asiahttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1505/2647

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