What's Educational about Open Educational Resources? Different Theoretical Lenses for Conceptualizing Learning with OER
ARTICLE
Stefanie Panke, Tina Seufert
E-Learning and Digital Media Volume 10, Number 2, ISSN 2042-7530
Abstract
In the last decade, the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) has gained an undeniable momentum. However, it is an easy trap to confuse download and registration rates with actual learning and interest in the adoption and reuse of OER. If we focus solely on access, we cannot differentiate between processes of mere information foraging and deep sense-making activities. The article provides an overview of the OER movement, stressing emerging concerns surrounding the educational efficacy of OER and highlighting learning theories which aid our understanding of this growing domain. The authors discuss building-blocks for a theoretical framework that allows us to conceptualize the learner's part in open educational practices, also characterizing challenges of open learning and traits of successful open learners. (Contains 5 figures and 9 notes.)
Citation
Panke, S. & Seufert, T. (2013). What's Educational about Open Educational Resources? Different Theoretical Lenses for Conceptualizing Learning with OER. E-Learning and Digital Media, 10(2), 116-134. Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/131466/.
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Keywords
- class size
- Cognitive Processes
- College Students
- communities of practice
- Computer Uses in Education
- Difficulty Level
- Educational Practices
- educational resources
- educational technology
- information technology
- Instructional Effectiveness
- internet
- Large Group Instruction
- learning theories
- Multimedia Materials
- online courses
- Resource Units
- Self Control
- Student Characteristics
- Student Role