An open education resource supports a diversity of inquiry-based learning

There have been numerous calls for research that demonstrates how open education resources (OERs) are actually being used. This case study sought to shed light on the users of a well-visited set of modular music-education materials published at Connexions. Respondents to a voluntary survey included...

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Autor principal:	Catherine Anne Schmidt-Jones
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2012
Materias:	open education resource OER learning objects inquiry-based learning just-in-time learning case study Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a982ed22e2b14c6a87512b55a9995d552021-12-02T19:20:07ZAn open education resource supports a diversity of inquiry-based learning10.19173/irrodl.v13i1.11411492-3831https://doaj.org/article/a982ed22e2b14c6a87512b55a9995d552012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1141https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831There have been numerous calls for research that demonstrates how open education resources (OERs) are actually being used. This case study sought to shed light on the users of a well-visited set of modular music-education materials published at Connexions. Respondents to a voluntary survey included teachers, students, self-directed learners, music ensemble participants, and casual learners. Most reported accessing individual modules on their own initiative, as part of a specific, immediate inquiry, rather than responding to institutional directives or following entire online courses. This was supported by computer-log records, which showed that most visitors to a module arrived from an Internet search for terms specific to that module. The study suggests that, for teachers and students as well as self-directed learners, one function of OERs is as a resource for just-in-time, inquiry-based learning.Catherine Anne Schmidt-JonesAthabasca University Pressarticleopen education resourceOERlearning objectsinquiry-based learningjust-in-time learningcase studySpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 1 (2012)
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description	There have been numerous calls for research that demonstrates how open education resources (OERs) are actually being used. This case study sought to shed light on the users of a well-visited set of modular music-education materials published at Connexions. Respondents to a voluntary survey included teachers, students, self-directed learners, music ensemble participants, and casual learners. Most reported accessing individual modules on their own initiative, as part of a specific, immediate inquiry, rather than responding to institutional directives or following entire online courses. This was supported by computer-log records, which showed that most visitors to a module arrived from an Internet search for terms specific to that module. The study suggests that, for teachers and students as well as self-directed learners, one function of OERs is as a resource for just-in-time, inquiry-based learning.
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