A bibliometric mapping of open educational resources

Zancanaro, Airton; Todesco, José Leomar; Ramos, Fernando

doi:10.19173/irrodl.v16i1.1960

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“…One of the main themes of OER research is OER and technology, and repositories in particular (Zancanaro, Todesco, & Ramos, 2015). A pioneering, complete overview of ROER that examined their main features was conducted by Tzikopoulos, Manouselis, & Vuorikari (2007).…”

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Repositories of Open Educational Resources: An Assessment of Reuse and Educational Aspects

Santos-Hermosa

Ferrán-Ferrer

Abadal

2017

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<p class="3">This article provides an overview of the current state of repositories of open educational resources (ROER) in higher education at international level. It analyses a series of educational indicators to determine whether ROER can meet the specific needs of the education context, and to clarify understanding of the reuse of open educational resources (OER) provided by ROER. The aim of the study is to assess ROER by combining these two perspectives, and to form a basis for discussion among the universities that are responsible for these repositories.</p><p class="3">The method was based on content analysis and consisted of two phases: an exploration of international sources, and an analysis of 110 ROER using the proposed set of indicators. The results focus on data from the analysis of ROER websites and some models of good practices. They are presented according to three core dimensions for evaluating ROER: general factors to establish types of ROER, a focus on drivers for OER reuse, and a focus on educational aspects. It was found that most of the ROER that included one or more of the proposed reuse indicators were created exclusively for educational resources. Educational aspects are not yet firmly embedded into ROER. The few repositories that seem to have successfully included them are those that provide other educational metadata and use educational standards.</p>

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Repositories of Open Educational Resources: An Assessment of Reuse and Educational Aspects

Santos-Hermosa

Ferrán-Ferrer

Abadal

2017

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“…commons, and those who are passive observers mostly assimilating the offerings that are made available (Pretto, 2012; see also Zancanaro, Todesco, & Ramos, 2015). This is an issue of equity, which is not just of concern to open and distance educators, but has been a mainstay in other areas, such as multicultural education (Sleeter & Grant, 1994).…”

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Identifying Tensions in the Use of Open Licenses in OER Repositories

Amiel

Soares

2016

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We present an analysis of 50 repositories for educational content conducted through an "audit system" that helped us classify these repositories, their software systems, promoters, and how they communicated their licensing practices. We randomly accessed five resources from each repository to investigate the alignment of licensing information between the resources themselves, metadata pages and overall site policies. We identified a high level of incongruity that could lead to a limited impact in OER use and reuse. We discuss the lack of guidance in implementation of such repositories, particularly to those who do not have wide institutional support to implement such systems. We finalize with a critical discussion on the emphasis given to licensing in the OER movement, and how it may be an evidence of a clash between the social and legal commons.

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“…These works, however, are used very little by authors writing in Portuguese. Works identified by Zancanaro, Todesco and Ramos (2015), combined with those most mentioned in this study, might form a consistent theoretical source for future works on OER.…”

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“…Given the recent spike in productivity around the theme (peak in 2012) it is expected that, in the coming years, with increased publication around OER, some works will form a cluster of seminal references. We see evidence of this in the analysis conducted by Zancanaro, Todesco and Ramos (2015) in which the most quoted works are "Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources" published by the OECD in 2007; "Models for sustainable open educational resources" published in 2007 by Downes; and "A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities" also published in 2007 by Atkins. All of these are also overviews which are often quoted in introductions on the concept of OER.…”

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“…Beyond the substantial imbalance in the availability of open educational content in lesser-spoken languages, the same imbalance may be present in academic publishing. Arimoto and Barbosa (2012), Cobo (2013) and Zancanaro, Todesco, and Ramos (2015) mapped the scientific production related to OER, without focusing on Portuguese. Production in lesser-spoken/written languages might suffer from a lack of discoverability, particularly if traditional publication aggregation services are used, which favor English-speaking outlets.…”

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The academic production on open educational resources in Portuguese / La producción académica en portugués sobre recursos educativos en abierto

Zancanaro

Amiel

2017

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Open Educational Resources (OERs) have led to a new outlook on the circulation and production of educational content in print and digital forms. OERs have become an important element in the search for emerging and sustainable models for education, including initiatives such as open textbooks. In spite of its increasing popularity around the world, we still know little with regard to the academic production around OERs. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of the Portuguese-language production on OERs published until May 2015 and gathered from multiple databases and journals. The study presents a thematic analysis of the identified works and their association networks for institutions, and provides a critical outlook regarding academic production for OERs in Portuguese. The study aims both to contribute to the visibility of works published in less-prominent languages in academia such as Portuguese and to boost collaboration between authors who often discuss similar aspects of OERs but might be unaware of others working in similar areas of interest.Keywords: Open Educational Resources; bibliometrics; academic work in Portuguese. ResumenLos estudios sobre Recursos Educativos en Abierto (REA) proporcionan nuevas perspectivas sobre la circulación y producción de contenidos educativos impresos y digitales. Los REA son componentes importantes en la búsqueda de modelos educativos emergentes y sostenibles, como, por ejemplo, los libros didácticos abiertos. A pesar de su popularidad en todo el mundo, poco se sabe acerca de la producción académica en portugués con uso de REA. Este estudio tiene como objetivo describir y analizar la literatura académica en el idioma portugués sobre REA publicada hasta mayo de 2015, usando como fuente de consulta diversas bases de datos y revistas científicas que utilizan técnicas bibliométricas. El estudio analiza los trabajos identificados por temáticas y redes de instituciones, y se presenta una crítica sobre el estado del arte de la producción académica en idioma portugués con uso de REA. De esta forma, este estudio pretende contribuir al aumento de la visibilidad de la producción académica en lenguas menos prominentes como el portugués, y fomentar la integración y

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A bibliometric mapping of open educational resources

Cited by 42 publications

References 48 publications

Repositories of Open Educational Resources: An Assessment of Reuse and Educational Aspects

Repositories of Open Educational Resources: An Assessment of Reuse and Educational Aspects

Identifying Tensions in the Use of Open Licenses in OER Repositories

The academic production on open educational resources in Portuguese / La producción académica en portugués sobre recursos educativos en abierto

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