Exploration of open educational resources in non-English speaking communities

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...

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Autor principal:	Cristobal Cobo
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2013
Materias:	open educational resources open access education digital technologies Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0260761762d0499489a9fab0e614ac962021-12-02T18:03:17ZExploration of open educational resources in non-English speaking communities10.19173/irrodl.v14i2.14931492-3831https://doaj.org/article/0260761762d0499489a9fab0e614ac962013-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1493https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 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. Cristobal CoboAthabasca University Pressarticleopen educational resourcesopen accesseducationdigital technologiesSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 14, Iss 2 (2013)
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description	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.
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title	Exploration of open educational resources in non-English speaking communities
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Exploration of open educational resources in non-English speaking communities

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