TY - GEN
T1 - Implication on Perceived Usefulness of Open Educational Resources After a Rapid Switch to Online Learning Mode
AU - Cheung, Simon K.S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Evolved as open courseware, open online courses and tutorials, open access e-books and open source learning tools, open educational resources or OER are generally perceived as useful resources by university students. Over the last year, many higher education institutions have rapidly switched their usual classroom-based learning to online learning in order to accommodate the social distancing requirements arising from the outbreak of COVID-19. This paper investigates the implication on the students’ perceived usefulness of OER after the switch to online learning. Based on two identical surveys conducted in a university in Hong Kong before and after the change, it is revealed that the students’ perceived usefulness was generally increased, where the increase in perceived usefulness was more significant on open online complete courses, online tutorials, and open access e-books than other types of OER. It is also revealed that the students have become more aware of the shortcomings of OER, especially on accuracy and comprehensiveness. OER, especially open online courses, tutorials, and open access textbooks, are perceived to be useful for students to accommodate a rapid shift to online learning mode.
AB - Evolved as open courseware, open online courses and tutorials, open access e-books and open source learning tools, open educational resources or OER are generally perceived as useful resources by university students. Over the last year, many higher education institutions have rapidly switched their usual classroom-based learning to online learning in order to accommodate the social distancing requirements arising from the outbreak of COVID-19. This paper investigates the implication on the students’ perceived usefulness of OER after the switch to online learning. Based on two identical surveys conducted in a university in Hong Kong before and after the change, it is revealed that the students’ perceived usefulness was generally increased, where the increase in perceived usefulness was more significant on open online complete courses, online tutorials, and open access e-books than other types of OER. It is also revealed that the students have become more aware of the shortcomings of OER, especially on accuracy and comprehensiveness. OER, especially open online courses, tutorials, and open access textbooks, are perceived to be useful for students to accommodate a rapid shift to online learning mode.
KW - Learning effectiveness
KW - Learning tools
KW - Online courses
KW - Online learning
KW - Open access e-books
KW - Open courseware
KW - Open educational resources
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113569510&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-80504-3_25
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-80504-3_25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85113569510
SN - 9783030805036
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 298
EP - 308
BT - Blended Learning
A2 - Li, Richard
A2 - Cheung, Simon K.
A2 - Iwasaki, Chiaki
A2 - Kwok, Lam-For
A2 - Kageto, Makoto
T2 - 14th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2021
Y2 - 10 August 2021 through 13 August 2021
ER -