STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TO OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OERS)
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STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TO OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OERS)
Creator
CONSTANCE KADADA
THEMBINKOSI TSHABALALA
Description
This paper was on students’ attitudes towards Open Educational Resources (OERs) on selected
universities and colleges. The methodology used was a desktop review. The findings on OER textbooks were
their high quality, having more information than traditional textbooks and being cheaper. Students obtained
diverse scholarly articles from OERs that added value to the content they had, while to others, OERs were
not useful. Those who did not like OER textbooks said they could not write notes on them and there was too
much information on the Internet. Some students were not computer literate and unaware of OERs. Mobile
phones were found to be one way of accessing OERs though the logistics were cumbersome. There was no
evidence of creation of OERs by the students. The research would help ODL institutions and traditional universities to obtain updated and quality OER content for students including those in remote areas even through mobile phones
universities and colleges. The methodology used was a desktop review. The findings on OER textbooks were
their high quality, having more information than traditional textbooks and being cheaper. Students obtained
diverse scholarly articles from OERs that added value to the content they had, while to others, OERs were
not useful. Those who did not like OER textbooks said they could not write notes on them and there was too
much information on the Internet. Some students were not computer literate and unaware of OERs. Mobile
phones were found to be one way of accessing OERs though the logistics were cumbersome. There was no
evidence of creation of OERs by the students. The research would help ODL institutions and traditional universities to obtain updated and quality OER content for students including those in remote areas even through mobile phones
Publisher
International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies
Date
2020
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Citation
CONSTANCE KADADA and THEMBINKOSI TSHABALALA, “STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TO OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OERS),” ZOU Institutional Repository, accessed July 6, 2025, https://ir.zou.ac.zw/items/show/30.
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