TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis on Use of Open Educational Resources during EmergencyRemote Education due to Covid-19
T2 - A Case Study in Turkey
AU - Sunar, Ayşe Saliha
AU - Yükseltürk, Esra
AU - Duru, İsmail
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/10/1
Y1 - 2022/10/1
N2 - During the mass curfews, travel bans, school shutdowns, face-to-face education was discontinued, and many universities had to urgently switch to online education. Academics, most of whom are not familiar with digital pedagogy, had to adapt their lectures to online learning. The aim of this study is to analyze how Open Educational Resources (OERs) are used in practice during emergency remote teaching (ERT) and whether this influences the regular practice of academics on a global level and in Turkey in the longer term. Methodologically, we adopt a mixed-methods approach in two stages: (i) an empirical study conducted in Turkey to find out what prior knowledge and experience academics have with OERs and how they use OERs during ERT; (ii) a complimentary desk study on the global situation of OER use. Our results show that academics who did not know about OERs before the pandemic are still hesitant to use them, even though they have prior experience with online teaching. In addition, academics with higher rank and academics in architecture, philology, and arts have the most negative opinion about campus education being fully accessible online.
AB - During the mass curfews, travel bans, school shutdowns, face-to-face education was discontinued, and many universities had to urgently switch to online education. Academics, most of whom are not familiar with digital pedagogy, had to adapt their lectures to online learning. The aim of this study is to analyze how Open Educational Resources (OERs) are used in practice during emergency remote teaching (ERT) and whether this influences the regular practice of academics on a global level and in Turkey in the longer term. Methodologically, we adopt a mixed-methods approach in two stages: (i) an empirical study conducted in Turkey to find out what prior knowledge and experience academics have with OERs and how they use OERs during ERT; (ii) a complimentary desk study on the global situation of OER use. Our results show that academics who did not know about OERs before the pandemic are still hesitant to use them, even though they have prior experience with online teaching. In addition, academics with higher rank and academics in architecture, philology, and arts have the most negative opinion about campus education being fully accessible online.
KW - Covid-19
KW - change in educational practices
KW - distance learning
KW - emergency remote teaching
KW - higher education
KW - open educational resources
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142368644&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/21582440221130299
DO - 10.1177/21582440221130299
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85142368644
SN - 2158-2440
VL - 12
JO - SAGE Open
JF - SAGE Open
IS - 4
ER -