Different Aspects of the Emerging OER Discipline

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Weller (2016) examines OER publications from 2001 to 2015 to understand research trends and classify them by category. He finds that "an emerging OER discipline" (p. 409) first appeared in 2007, which is the first year that more than 10 studies related to OER were published. More than 100 OER-related studies were published in each year starting with 2010. He ultimately identifies 10 categories of OER research. Ranked by the frequency they appeared in 2015 studies, these are: (1) MOOCs, (2) OER as subject, (3) policy, (4) practitioner, (5) pedagogy, (6) project case study, (7) technical, (8) research with impact data, (9) open data/practice/access, and (10) OER in developing nations.

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Martin Weller

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Martin Weller
Professor of Educational Technology at the Open University. Director of the OER Hub ICDE Chair in OER Author of The Battle for Open Interested in impact of OER, and open approaches in education genera...

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Contemporary Education and Culture Magazine
REEDUC publishes unpublished works by Brazilian and foreign researchers, expanding the debate on the challenges posed to Education by the changes that characterize contemporary culture. Maintained by ...

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