Measuring the impact of OER

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Dear all, here is a question that I have in my mind:- All OER enthusiasts, advocates are trying to make sure to make academicians understand the concept of Open Education, OER, Open Licenses, but

  1. Are we focusing on the impact of OER developed?
  2. Currently are there any assessment strategies that institutions are using/following to measure the pedagogical effectiveness of OER? or
  3. What kind of impact that the OER developed is creating in the institution to improve learners learning experience. - How this is measured?

Please share your views, experiences and practices.

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Dear Sushumna,

I hope this email finds you well. My name is [اسمك] and I am from the Mizab Digital Library in Sudan.

The Mizab Digital Library is a digital repository that provides access to a wide range of educational resources, including e-books, articles, and training materials. Our mission is to support education and research in Sudan by providing free and open access to knowledge.

Regarding your question about assessing the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER), we have implemented several strategies to measure the effectiveness of our resources. We use a counter on our website to track the number of visitors and downloads. We also conduct surveys after each training course to assess the level of benefit and identify areas for improvement.

Additionally, we use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to promote our resources and engage with our users.

I hope this information is helpful. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,

Wisal Alim

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Dear Sushumna,

This book may answer some of your questions:
McKinney, A. (Ed.). (2024). Valuing OER in the Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Process. Pressbooks. https://pressbooks.cuny.edu/tenureandpromotioncasestudies/.
Best,
Barbara

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Hi Sushumna!

For information about how OER impacts student learning, I would suggest this meta-analysis:

Tlili, A., Garzón, J., Salha, S., Huang, R., Xu, L., Burgos, D., Denden, M., Farrell, O., Farrow, R., Bozkurt, A., Amiel, T., McGreal, R., López-Serrano, A., & Wiley, D. (2023). Are open educational resources (OER) and practices (OEP) effective in improving learning achievement? A meta-analysis and research synthesis. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education , 20 (1), 54 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00424-3.

As well as these two essays:

(Wiley, 2022). On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes. https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/6949

(Wiley, 2023). Pervasive Threats to Validity in the OER Adoption Research; or, Three Questions to Ask When You Read OER Adoption Research. https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/7357

David

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Thank you @wisalalim for your reply. David, barbara @opencontent , @BarbaraClass, thank you for the reply and resources. I will go through the resources. Definitely I would want to work towards not only advocating about OER but would like to focus on creating awareness about measures to take and assess the impact and effectiveness of OER created.