Effective Strategies for Finding Open Educational Resources in High School

Authors

  • Ruth García-Solano Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla image/svg+xml
  • Juan Manuel González Calleros Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla image/svg+xml
  • Iván Olmos-Pineda Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/Ap.v15n2.2393

Keywords:

Open educational resources, teaching practice, key practices, upper secondary education

Abstract

In the current digital environment, a wide variety of resources have emerged to support the teaching and learning processes. This research focuses on Open Educational Resources (OER), a technological innovation that, for its effective implementation within educational institutions, requires the active participation of teachers. The main objective of this research was to identify and solve some of the challenges faced by high school mathematics and physics teachers when incorporating OER into their teaching practice. To achieve this, an Open Educational Resources Workshop was designed and implemented. It was a qualitative research study that employs a Participatory-Action-Research methodology in which it was possible to identify repositories and platforms used by participating teachers. This process led to a change in the perception of the factor “Time to find, review, and select OER”. The research involved the participation of 20 teachers with experience in teaching mathematics and physics at the high school level, in both urban and regional contexts, with at least one year of experience. This work contributes to the knowledge about the incorporation of OER into high school teaching practice in a Mexican context. In addition, it allows the identification of variations in the 5R model, which provides a framework for the implementation of OER in similar educational contexts

Author Biographies

  • Ruth García-Solano, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla

    Estudiante
    Doctorado en Sistemas y Ambientes Educativos
    Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
    DSAE-BUAP

    Línea de investigación: Multimedia y Desarrollo Educativo

  • Juan Manuel González Calleros, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla
    Juan Manuel Gonzalez Calleros is a professor of the University Autonomous of Puebla (BUAP). He is member of the Belgian Lab of Human Computer Interaction and of the UsiXML consortium. He received a master degree in Computer Sciences at National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronic (Mexico). Having received a scholarship award from the European Union (ALBAN ) co-financed by the Mexican Government (CONACYT), he received a DEA and PhD in computer science at Université catholique de Louvain, and his dissertation research focused on a Methodology for Developing 3D User Interfaces of Information Systems guided with a set of principles. He is currently working in the different projects related to the design and development of context-aware User Interfaces.

    Specialties: 3D web design, Model-Based User Interface Development, development process for interactive systems, organizational analysis, business process modeling, workflow information systems, user-centered design
  • Iván Olmos-Pineda, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla
    Soy profesor en el área de Ciencias de la Computación, con un doctorado en Ciencia de la Computación por parte
    del INAOE, con especialidad en las áreas de Reconocimiento de Patrones, Aprendizaje Automático.

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2023-09-25

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2023): La tecnología como una estrategia didáctica en la educación

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