A Comparative Study of National Infrastructures for Digital (Open) Educational Resources in Higher Education

Open Praxis

Cengiz H. Aydin¹  Aras Bozkurt¹  Dianne Conrad²  Olaf Zawacki-Richter³  Victoria I. Marín³  Melissa Bond⁴  Patricia J. Slagter van Tryon⁵  Svenja Bedenlier⁶  Insung Jung⁷  Yasar Kondakci⁸  Adnan Qayyum⁹  George Veletsianos^1,10  Junhong Xiao^1,11  Albert Sangrà^1,12  Paul Prinsloo^1,13  Jennifer Roberts^1,13 

[1] Anadolu University;Athabasca University;Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg;EPPI-Centre, Institute of Education, University College London;East Carolina University;Innovation in Learning Institute, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg;International Christian University;Middle East Technical University;Penn State University, State College;Royal Roads University;Shantou Radio & Television University;Universitat Oberta de Catalunya;University of South Africa;

关键词: digital educational resources;    comparative case study;    digital infrastructures;    digitalisation policies;    digital transformation;    open educational resources (oer);   

DOI  :  10.5944/openpraxis.12.2.1071

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper reports on the first stage of an international comparative study for the project “Digital educational architectures: Open learning resources in distributed learning infrastructures–EduArc”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. This study reviews the situation of digital educational resources (or (O)ER) framed within the digital transformation of ten different Higher Education (HE) systems (Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and the United States). Following a comparative case study approach, we investigated issues related to the existence of policies, quality assurance mechanisms and measures for the promotion of change in supporting infrastructure development for (O)ER at the national level in HE in the different countries. The results of this mainly documentary research highlight differences and similarities, which are largely due to variations in these countries’ political structure organisation. The discussion and conclusion point at the importance of understanding each country’s context and culture, in order to understand the differences between them, as well as the challenges they face.

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