Exploration of open educational resources in non-English speaking communities | Cobo | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-09-24

Summary:

Use the link to access the full text article from The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning.  The abstract reads as follows.  "Over the last decade, open educational resources (OER) initiatives have created new possibilities for knowledge-sharing practices. This research examines how, where, and when OER are attracting attention in the higher education sector and explores to what extent the OER discussion has moved beyond the English-speaking world. This study analysed English, Spanish, and Portuguese OER queries over a long-term period (2007-2011). The data retrieval was conducted using four online platforms: two academic journal databases (Web of Knowledge and Scopus), one video-sharing Web site (YouTube), and one document-sharing Web site (Scribd). The number (more than 32,860) of search results collected indicate an increasing interest in online OER discussion across languages, particularly outside academic journal databases. Additionally, a widening ‘language gap’ between OER discussions in English and other languages was identified in several platforms. This research reports some of the cultural and language challenges caused by the expansion of the OER discussion and highlights relevant findings in this field."

Link:

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1493/2482

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.universities oa.oer oa.english oa.portuguese oa.spanish oa.colleges oa.languages oa.hei

Date tagged:

09/24/2013, 09:55

Date published:

09/24/2013, 05:55