Table 3 Possible pedagogical applications of OER
From: A framework for assessing fitness for purpose in open educational resources
Pedagogical applications | Fitness for purpose rating (N = 207) | |
|---|---|---|
M | SD | |
1) Presenting relevant real-life tasks or problems that progress from simple to complex | 4.04 | .949 |
2) Gaining students’ attention and developing their interest in the new learning | 3.90 | .813 |
3) Helping students, recall, relate or apply prior knowledge, skills or experience as a basis for the new learning | 4.00 | .916 |
4) Presenting new content appropriate to the students’ needs and abilities | 3.90 | .807 |
5) Incorporating multimedia that extend the amount and nature of the content | 3.96 | .880 |
6) Providing supplementary/enhancement materials that extend and enrich the teaching/learning | 4.06 | .935 |
7) Providing practice/test/self-assessment items | 3.49 | 1.065 |
8) Enabling transfer of the new learning to different tasks/problems/contexts | 3.99 | .881 |
9) Promoting students’ reflection on the new learning and their own learning | 3.83 | .973 |
10) Promoting students’ discussion and debate to construct their own learning | 3.87 | 1.016 |