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Hu, Ermei; Li, Yan; Li, Jessica; Huang, Wen-Hao – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
Open educational resources (OER) as an innovation to share educational resources has been influential in past decade and expected to bring changes to higher education worldwide. There is, however, very limited literature on OER usage, especially from the perspective of college students in developing countries, who are often projected as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services
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Jonach, Rafael; Ebner, Martin; Grigoriadis, Ypatios – Journal of Educational Issues, 2015
Lectures of courses at universities are increasingly being recorded and offered through various distribution channels to support students' learning activities. This research work aims to create an automatic system for producing and distributing high quality lecture recordings. Opencast Matterhorn is an open source platform for automated video…
Descriptors: Automation, Lecture Method, College Faculty, Video Technology
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Moe, Rolin – Learning, Media and Technology, 2015
Despite a rise in awareness and production of open education resources (OER) over the past decade, mainstream media outlets continue to define open in economic terms of consumer cost and not in theoretical terms of remix or appropriation. This period in the "open access" debate has coincided with a proliferation of free-of-charge video…
Descriptors: Open Education, Educational Research, Shared Resources and Services, Open Source Technology
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Yu, Shengquan; Yang, Xianmin; Cheng, Gang; Wang, Minjuan – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
This paper presents a new model for organizing learning resources: Learning Cell. This model is open, evolving, cohesive, social, and context-aware. By introducing a time dimension into the organization of learning resources, Learning Cell supports the dynamic evolution of learning resources while they are being used. In addition, by introducing a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Integrated Learning Systems, Information Storage
Wang, Jing – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Open source software has revolutionized the way people develop software, organize collaborative work, and innovate. The numerous open source software systems that have been created and adopted over the past decade are influential and vital in all aspects of work and daily life. The understanding of open source software development can enhance its…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Open Source Technology, Computer Software, Investigations
Fitzmier, Jack – Educational Technology, 2012
The American Academy of Religion, in concert with the Sakai Foundation, has envisioned a scholarly use of the new Sakai Open Academic Environment open-source software. Currently working under the title "Biosphere," the program would put a rich collection of collaborative tools in the hands of AAR members, their colleagues in related scholarly…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cooperation, Computer Software, Open Source Technology
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Megnigbeto, Eustache – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: ABCD is a web-based open and free software suite for library management derived from the UNESCO CDS/ISIS software technology. The first version was launched officially in December 2009 with a MARC 21 bibliographic format database. This paper aims to detail the building of the UNIMARC bibliographic format database for ABCD.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Computer Software, Open Source Technology
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Capogna, Stefania – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2014
The essay presents the incorporation process in the reconstruction of distance education in Italy. The paper tries to highlight the transition from modern to postmodern society, focusing both on this extraordinary change in the landscape of cultural and communication processes, and outcomes for the education system and educational and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Universities
Simpson, James Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Free, libre, and open source software (FLOSS) is software that is collaboratively developed. FLOSS provides end-users with the source code and the freedom to adapt or modify a piece of software to fit their needs (Deek & McHugh, 2008; Stallman, 2010). FLOSS has a 30 year history that dates to the open hacker community at the Massachusetts…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Computer Software, Shared Resources and Services, Qualitative Research
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Atenas, Javiera; Havemann, Leo; Priego, Ernesto – Open Praxis, 2015
Open Data is the name given to datasets which have been generated by international organisations, governments, NGOs and academic researchers, and made freely available online and openly-licensed. These datasets can be used by educators as Open Educational Resources (OER) to support different teaching and learning activities, allowing students to…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Open Source Technology, Global Education, Global Approach
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Harsasi, Meirani – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2015
Universitas Terbuka (UT) is Indonesia's higher education institution which implements distance education system. The term distance implies that learning is not performed face-to-face but there is geographically separation between students and teacher. Therefore, UT must provide many kinds of learning modes and learning support. To facilitate…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Open Source Technology, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
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Jung, Eulho; Bauer, Christine; Heaps, Allan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The high cost of tuition and textbooks can have a negative impact on potential students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Open Educational Resources (OER) offers students a way to save educational costs while utilizing high-quality open textbooks. Up until now, there have been few studies focused on a specific provider of open textbooks. This…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Textbooks, Shared Resources and Services
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Hsu, Ting-Chia; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Programming concepts are important and challenging to novices who are beginning to study computer programming skills. In addition to the textbook content, students usually learn the concepts of programming from the web; however, it could be difficult for novice learners to effectively derive helpful information from such non-structured open…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Information Sources
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Watson, C. Edward; Domizi, Denise P.; Clouser, Sherry A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
As public funding for higher education decreases and the cost to students to attend college increases, universities are searching for strategies that save students money while also increasing their chances for success. Using free online textbooks is one such strategy, and the OpenStax College initiative at Rice University is one of the most widely…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Shared Resources and Services
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Silva, Juarez Bento; Nardi Silva, Isabela; Bilessimo, Simone – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2020
Aim/Purpose: This paper presented the framework for the integration of digital technologies in education, implemented in InTecEdu Program, developed by Remote Experimentation Laboratory (RExLab), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. Background: The main objective of the model presented is to arouse interest in science and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Technology, Technology Integration, STEM Education
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