A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)

By S. Uvalic-Trumbic, A. Kanwar, N. Butcher. 2011

355 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Its purpose is to provide readers with a quick and user-friendly introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and some of the key issues to think about when exploring how to use OER most effectively. The second section is a more comprehensive analysis of these issues, presented in the form of a traditional research paper. For those who have a deeper interest in OER, this section will assist with making the case for OER more substantively. The third section is a set of appendices, containing more detailed information about specific areas of relevance to OER. These are aimed at people who are looking for substantive information regarding a specific area of interest. Originally published 2011; Revised 2015.

Subfields: Computer Science Applications

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/4a5ec031b28845ee397726b32e44c421860bb4b0

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

1. Roope Raisamo
2. Joel S. Mtebe

Citations in the corpus

• Investigating perceived barriers to the use of open educational resources in higher education in Tanzania (2014, background): “Furthermore, HEIs can attract more students, increase institutional reputation, and attract research funding and new partnerships through participating in OER initiatives (Butcher, 2011; Hylén, 2006).”