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<p>For teaching practice to be useful, educational materials must be thoroughly evaluated prior to use. In this study, teachers evaluated open educational resources (OER) created for a European Commission Horizon 2020 project called DIALLS (‘DIalogue and Argumentation for cultural Literacy Learning in Schools’). Considering research on how OER are evaluated, we were interested in learning (1) how teachers perceive their <italic>application, content, design, value</italic> and <italic>sustainability</italic> and (2) what other aspects teachers find important when evaluating OER. After analysing quantitative and qualitative data, we found that aspects facilitating self-regulated use were rated most highly and mentioned most often. Teachers additionally valued <italic>adaptable</italic> materials offering <italic>opportunities to reflect</italic> their teaching practices. Future research may benefit from evaluating OER based on ‘affordance’ aspects — aspects that allow teachers to adapt the materials in a self-regulated way and reflect on their teaching.</p>
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For teaching practice to be useful, educational materials must be thoroughly evaluated prior to use. In this study, teachers evaluated open educational resources (OER) created for a European Commission Horizon 2020 project called DIALLS (‘DIalogue and Argumentation for cultural Literacy Learning in Schools’). Considering research on how OER are evaluated, we were interested in learning (1) how teachers perceive their application, content, design, value and sustainability and (2) what other aspects teachers find important when evaluating OER. After analysing quantitative and qualitative data, we found that aspects facilitating self-regulated use were rated most highly and mentioned most often. Teachers additionally valued adaptable materials offering opportunities to reflect their teaching practices. Future research may benefit from evaluating OER based on ‘affordance’ aspects — aspects that allow teachers to adapt the materials in a self-regulated way and reflect on their teaching.

Teacher evaluations of open educational resources designed to support dialogic cultural literacy learning in schools

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning

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For teaching practice to be useful, educational materials must be thoroughly evaluated prior to use. In this study, teachers evaluated open educational...

Teacher evaluations of open educational resources designed to support dialogic cultural literacy learning in schools

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Aug 05, 2023

Page range: 136 - 147

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eurodl-2023-0011

Keywords
Open educational resources, Teachers’ evaluation of learning materials, Dialogic practice, Cultural literacy learning, Self-regulated use of OER

© 2023 Maria Zimmermann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Teacher evaluations of open educational resources designed to support dialogic cultural literacy learning in schools

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Aug 05, 2023

Page range: 136 - 147

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eurodl-2023-0011

KeywordsOpen educational resources, Teachers’ evaluation of learning materials, Dialogic practice, Cultural literacy learning, Self-regulated use of OER

© 2023 Maria Zimmermann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Open educational resources, Teachers’ evaluation of learning materials, Dialogic practice, Cultural literacy learning, Self-regulated use of OER