RT Journal Article
T1 University teachers and open educational resources: case studies from Latin America
A1 Rodés, Virginia
A1 Gewerc Barujel, Adriana
A1 Llamas Nistal, Martín
K1 Open educational resources
K1 University teachers
K1 Higher education
K1 Adoption
K1 Latin America
AB The  Open  Education  movement  has  made  efforts  to  systematise  experiences  and  to  evaluate  the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER). However, OER adoption is not part of the prevailing paradigm  in  higher  education,  both  at  the  global  level  and  in  Latin  America.  This  paper  describes results  of a  study  that analysed the social representations regarding the development, use, and  reuse of  OER  by  university  teachers  in  their  pedagogical  practices.  We  conducted  a  study  of  12  cases  from Latin  American  universities based  on  Grounded  Theory.  The  results  show  that  the  use  and  reuse  of OER  lacks  of  public  and  institutional  policies.  The  main  agents  are  teachers  organised  in  teams  that support OER adoption. The reasons that encourage the creation of OER are mainly intrinsic, such as the  pleasure  derived  from  contributing  and  sharing,  as  well  as  external  and  related  to  professional development  needs  from  the  reflection  on  one’s  own  educational  practice.  Educators  consider  it essential  to  evaluate  the  resources  created  so  that  they  can  be  reused  in  continuous  improvement processes. Commercial use and misappropriation of the works are two of the main tensions identified. The community factor of teaching guides most behaviours in OER adoption in educational institutions and is presented as an inherent part of the development and transformation of the curriculum
PB Athabasca University Press
SN 1492-3831
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20926
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20926
LA eng
NO Rodés, V., Gewerc-Barujel, A., & Llamas-Nistal, M. (2019). University Teachers and Open Educational Resources: Case Studies from Latin America. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v20i1.3853
NO This  research  was  supported  in  part  by:  Red  Iberoamericana  para  la  Usabilidad  de    Repositorios Educativos, Red  513RT0471 (RIURE); Interdisciplinary  Space,  Sectoral  Commission  of  Education,  and Sectoral Commission of Scientific Research, Universidad de la República
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026