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Research on OER for Development, Metasynthesis

Global South, 2017
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-roer4d-md-2017-v1
    Title
    Research on OER for Development
    Subtitle
    Metasynthesis
    Country
    Name
    Global South
    Study type
    Education Survey [es]
    Series Information
    Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. Research on Open Educational Resources for Development Metasynthesis Dataset 2017 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: ROER4D [producer], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/x84z-q777
    Abstract
    The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project was a four-year (2013-2017), large-scale networked project which set out to contribute to the body of research on how Open Educational Resources (OER) and address the primary research question: Whether, how, for whom and under what circumstances can engagement with open educational practices and OER provide equitable access to relevant, high-quality, affordable and sustainable education in the Global South. The project engaged a total of 103 research team members in 18 sub-projects in 21 countries across South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia, coordinated by a central Network Hub. The research work culminated in an edited volume, Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South.
    A primary contribution of the edited volume was the metasynthesis of sub-project findings, published as Factors influencing Open Educational Practices and OER in the Global South: Meta-synthesis of the ROER4D project. The aim of this synthesis was to distill key themes emerging from sub-project research and to identify (a) Educational challenges pertinent in the Global South context (b) Claims about OER as a mechanism to address these challenges (c) OER and related open educational practices observed in the sub-projects, as well as the structural, cultural and agential factors influencing those practices (d) Any impact that could be attributed to OER adoption in addressing educational challenges. The 13 sub-project chapters from the edited volume comprised the primary data source for the synthesis, with final research reports being utilised in two instances where there were no associated sub-project chapters.
    Kind of Data
    Qualitative and quantitative data
    Unit of Analysis
    Other

    Version

    Version Description
    Version 1
    Version Date
    2018

    Scope

    Notes

    The metasynthesis used sub-project reports and chapters from the edited volume Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South of the ROER4D sub-projects as its data, coded according to the analytical framework.

    Keywords
    Education South Asia Open educational practices Global South Open educational resources Metasynthesis South America Sub-Saharan Africa Southeast Asia

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, The Philippines), South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay)
    Geographic Unit
    The data is at the level of the individual educational institution.
    Universe
    The study covered students and educators at secondary and tertiary institutions across the Global South.

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

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2017-02 2017-10
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Research on Open Educational Resources for Development University of Cape Town
    Data Collection Notes
    This data was collected from the pre-peer reviewed chapters and reports produced by ROER4D sub-projects. Subsequent to coding, the chapters underwent a production process by edited volume publishers; therefore quoted excerpts in the edited volume may differ from the coded excerpts in this dataset.

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    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. Research on Open Educational Resources for Development Metasynthesis Dataset 2017 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: ROER4D [producer], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/x84z-q777

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst support University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-04-28

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 5
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