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

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: Educational Resources / Higher Education / OER / Pedagogy

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.

Free Research Field

Educational Technology