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OER and Mathematics Skills 2014-2015

Chile, 2014 - 2015
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chl-roer4d-oerms-2014-2015-v1
Producer(s)
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D)
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Research on Open Educational Resources for Development
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Jul 18, 2016
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Jul 18, 2016
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Identification

Survey ID Number
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
Keyword
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.

Producers and sponsors

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

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2014-07 2015-07
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face and internet [f2f-int]
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).

Access policy

Contacts
Name Email URL
DataFirst helpdesk 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
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst University of Cape Town 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
DDI Document version
Version 6
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