Promoting the full potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the Lebanese educational community

Joumana Assaf; Loubna Nehmeh; Siham Antoun

doi:10.29333/pr/12475

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Joumana Assaf ¹ ² ^* , Loubna Nehmeh ² ³ , Siham Antoun ²

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¹ Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology (EDST), PRASE, Lebanese University, Beirut, LEBANON² Center for Educational Research and Pedagogical Development (CRPD), Beirut, LEBANON³ Department of English Language and Literature, Lebanese University, Beirut, LEBANON^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The worldwide use of open educational resources (OER) has highly increased during the recent years. However, there is no clear idea about how these resources are utilized by teachers in Lebanon. Hence, this study aims at examining the extent to which the concept of OER is well known among the teachers. It also investigates the practices of OER users and explores the barriers to powerful use and sharing of OER among teachers. Nevertheless, this is quantitative research designed for analyzing the data collected from 308 teachers through an online questionnaire. The results showed that 60% of the respondents have heard about OER. Moreover, they revealed that OER users showed misunderstanding of the concept of OER due to their lack of knowledge about the open licenses. Hence, a national policy for e-learning is needed to leverage open education and ignite the power of OER by encouraging teachers to be producers of knowledge.

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open education
OER
practices
open licenses
national policy
producers of knowledge

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PEDAGOGICAL RES, Volume 7, Issue 4, October 2022, Article No: em0138

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Assaf, J., Nehmeh, L., & Antoun, S. (2022). Promoting the full potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the Lebanese educational community. Pedagogical Research, 7(4), em0138. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/12475

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Assaf J, Nehmeh L, Antoun S. Promoting the full potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the Lebanese educational community. PEDAGOGICAL RES. 2022;7(4):em0138. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/12475

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Assaf J, Nehmeh L, Antoun S. Promoting the full potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the Lebanese educational community. PEDAGOGICAL RES. 2022;7(4), em0138. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/12475

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Assaf, Joumana, Loubna Nehmeh, and Siham Antoun. "Promoting the full potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the Lebanese educational community". Pedagogical Research 2022 7 no. 4 (2022): em0138. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/12475

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Assaf, J., Nehmeh, L., and Antoun, S. (2022). Promoting the full potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the Lebanese educational community. Pedagogical Research, 7(4), em0138. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/12475

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Assaf, Joumana et al. "Promoting the full potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the Lebanese educational community". Pedagogical Research, vol. 7, no. 4, 2022, em0138. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/12475