Quality and pedagogical guidelines for Open Educational Resource (OER) use in higher education: Matching with culture and teaching contexts

• Project/Area Number: 25350354
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: International Christian University
• Principal Investigator: Jung Insung 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (90372929)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Sasaki Teruyoshi 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (70235258)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: Educational Resources / Higher Education / OER / Pedagogy / オープン教育リソース / 質保証 / 教授法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purposes of the research were to: develop a set of quality guidelines and pedagogical strategies for OER use in higher education, validate their effectiveness in different cultural contexts, and suggest culturally-adaptable quality criteria for, and pedagogically effective approaches to, OER use in different teaching situations. In 2013, we developed a set of quality guidelines and pedagogical strategies in the context of higher education. In 2014, the quality framework’s effectiveness was validated using 10 cases were selected from Asia, Africa, America and Europe, and four purposes for using OER were identified: effectiveness, efficiency, appeal, & extension. In 2015, seven institutions from Japan and USA were studied, and culturally-adaptable quality criteria for, and pedagogically effective approaches to OER use in different teaching situations were suggested.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A framework for assessing fitness for purpose in open educational resources (2016)
  • Author(s): Jung, I.S., Sasaki, T.,& Latchem, C.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Volume: 13 (3) Issue: 1 Pages: 11-11
  • DOI: 10.1186/s41239-016-0002-5
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] A Framework for Assessing Fitness for Purpose in Open Educational Resources (2016)
  • Author(s): Insung Jung, Teruyoshi Sasaki, Colin Latchem
  • Journal Title: Universities and Knowledge Society Journal Volume: 13（1）
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] A Framework for Assessing Fitness for Purpose in Open Educational Resources (2015)
  • Author(s): Jung, I.S.
  • Organizer: Association for Educational Communications and Technology
  • Place of Presentation: Indianapolis, USA
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-03
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 大学教員がオープン教育リソース(OER)を選択・利用する際 に有用なガイドライン (2015)
  • Author(s): 鄭 仁星, 佐々木輝美
  • Organizer: 日本教育メディア学会第22回年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学文理学部
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-18
• [Presentation] A Review of Literature on OER Adoption: Applying the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (2015)
  • Author(s): Mendoza, G.A.G., Kobayashi, S., & Jung, I.
  • Organizer: International Conference for Media in Education
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-18
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] E-learning and OER strategies to promote general competencies of university students (2014)
  • Author(s): Insung Jung
  • Organizer: Expert Forum for E-Learning in Higher Education
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul , S. Korea
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-25
• [Presentation] Quality Criteria to Assist University Educators in Selecting Open Educational Resources for their Teaching (2014)
  • Author(s): Insung Jung
  • Organizer:  International Conference of Education Research (ICER)
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, S. Korea
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-15 – 2014-10-16