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OER and Mathematics Skills 2014-2015

Chile, 2014 - 2015
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chl-roer4d-oerms-2014-2015-v1
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Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D)
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    chl-roer4d-oerms-2014-2015-v1

    Title

    OER and Mathematics Skills 2014-2015

    Country
    Name Country code
    Chile chl
    Study type

    Case study

    Abstract

    This study examines the effect of the use of two Open Educational Resources (OER) (a Khan Academy online tutorial and an open textbook hosted on Wikibooks) on logical-mathematical outcomes for first and second-year students in higher education institutions in Chile. It also investigates perceptions of instructors and students about the use of OER, in order to understand how these resources are used and valued. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect student performance data via a student survey, student focus groups, interviews with instructors, and sourcing institutional records.

    Only the institutional records, focus group data and interview data are included in the final dataset. Student survey data is not made available for confidentiality reasons. Findings indicate that students in a contact-study mathematics course who used a Khan Academy online mathematics tutorial obtained better examination results than students who did not use any additional resources, or those who used the open textbook. Moreover, it was also found that instructors and students have positive perceptions about the use of Khan Academy and Wikibooks materials.This study is Sub-project 9 of the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project, hosted by the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Wawasan Open University, Malaysia.

    Kind of Data

    Focus group and survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution

    Version Date

    2016

    Version Notes

    Version 1 of the dataset was deposited with DataFirst on 5 July 2016.

    Scope

    Notes

    The data covers perceptions of students and instructors of the value of OER materials over traditional teaching and learning materials in Chile. This was supplemented by record data from the institution on student performance.

    Keywords
    Open textbooks Open Educational Resources Mathematics Open Data

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The interviews and survey data were conducted at one institution in Chile and are not representative of the country as a whole.

    Universe

    The survey covered students and instructors in the single institution involved in the study.

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    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) University of Cape Town
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    International Development Research Centre Funder

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2014-07 2015-07
    Data Collection Notes

    The interviews were conducted with two instructors and three students, and comprised 20-30 (modal average 22) questions (1-1.5 hour interviews). An online survey was also administered to measure student perceptions of the use of OE (49 responses).

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support.data1st.org support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public use data, available to all

    Citation requirements

    Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. OER and Mathematics Skills (ROER4D Sub-project 9) [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: ROER4D [producer], 2016. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2016. 10.25828/2z1s-rc06

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst helpdesk support@data1st.org support.data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2018-07-25

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 6

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