Tracking the Money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic Education: What We Don’t Know

Limited research has been done to date on the extent of public funding of Open Educational Resources (OER) within basic education (K-12 equivalent) in South Africa. As claims have been made about the potential cost reductions that come with using OER, this study aimed to establish a benchmark of pub...

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Autor principal:	Sarah Goodier
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	open educational resources OER basic education allocation of funds Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4101f34da6c64c8d9d4a9bb6dd1df6b62021-12-02T18:03:00ZTracking the Money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic Education: What We Don’t Know10.19173/irrodl.v18i4.29901492-3831https://doaj.org/article/4101f34da6c64c8d9d4a9bb6dd1df6b62017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2990https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Limited research has been done to date on the extent of public funding of Open Educational Resources (OER) within basic education (K-12 equivalent) in South Africa. As claims have been made about the potential cost reductions that come with using OER, this study aimed to establish a benchmark of public spending on educational resources, uncover how much is being spent on OER and assess cost-savings of OER adoption. A desk review and document analysis of official information sources on South African basic education was conducted to develop a conceptual understanding of funding allocations the South African government uses for educational resources. A review of publicly available government reports and budgets showed that there is insufficient information at this time to determine how much is being spent on OER specifically or to act as a benchmark for potential cost savings of OER. This study highlights the information gaps which would need to be filled in order to make claims about OER and their potential as cost savers. Sarah GoodierAthabasca University Pressarticleopen educational resourcesOERbasic educationallocation of fundsSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 4 (2017)
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description	Limited research has been done to date on the extent of public funding of Open Educational Resources (OER) within basic education (K-12 equivalent) in South Africa. As claims have been made about the potential cost reductions that come with using OER, this study aimed to establish a benchmark of public spending on educational resources, uncover how much is being spent on OER and assess cost-savings of OER adoption. A desk review and document analysis of official information sources on South African basic education was conducted to develop a conceptual understanding of funding allocations the South African government uses for educational resources. A review of publicly available government reports and budgets showed that there is insufficient information at this time to determine how much is being spent on OER specifically or to act as a benchmark for potential cost savings of OER. This study highlights the information gaps which would need to be filled in order to make claims about OER and their potential as cost savers.
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title	Tracking the Money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic Education: What We Don’t Know
title_short	Tracking the Money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic Education: What We Don’t Know
title_full	Tracking the Money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic Education: What We Don’t Know
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Tracking the Money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic Education: What We Don’t Know

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