Access to, Use, and Effect of Open Educational Resources: The Perspectives of LIS Academics in Selected Nigerian Universities
This study investigated access to, use of, and the effect of Open Educational Resources (OER) on LIS academics in Nigeria. The study adopted a purely quantitative method, using a survey as the research design. The population of the study comprised LIS academic staff in Nigerian universities. Through...
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| description | This study investigated access to, use of, and the effect of Open Educational Resources (OER) on LIS academics in Nigeria. The study adopted a purely quantitative method, using a survey as the research design. The population of the study comprised LIS academic staff in Nigerian universities. Through a total enumeration method, a sample of 140 LIS academics from 15 universities in Nigeria was selected. A questionnaire developed for data collection was administered to the 140 respondents, of which 133 copies were returned. Seven objectives were developed to guide the study. The results demonstrated that office documents such as Word and PowerPoint, open textbooks, lecture notes, quizzes and tutorials, MOOCs, learning modules, and open courseware are the OER resources most frequently accessed by LIS academics. Mobile phones and laptop computers are the primary devices used by LIS academics for accessing OER. OER are used by LIS academics for teaching and learning, research, preparation for workshops, seminars, conference presentations, and class notes. The effects of OER on LIS academics include the ability to use materials created by other colleagues and customise course materials to create an ideal course packet or textbook. Policies guiding the use of OER include equal access, protection of intellectual property rights, and open licences such as Creative Commons. The challenges LIS academics encounter when using OER include frequent power outages, untimely updates of OER repositories, and prolonged periods spent searching for resources in institutional repositories. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e98306fc0d4c4dcab77da88231427f5f2025-08-20T02:30:13ZengUniversitas Sebelas MaretIJIE (Indonesian Journal of Informatics Education)2549-03892024-12-0182657810.20961/ijie.v8i2.8528844068Access to, Use, and Effect of Open Educational Resources: The Perspectives of LIS Academics in Selected Nigerian UniversitiesAdeyinka TELLA0Olufemi Peter Owoeye1Aderinola Ololade Dunmade2University of ILorin, Nigeria University of South Africa, Pretoria, South AfricaEkiti State University Library, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti-State, NigeriaCentre for Open and Distance Learning, University of Ilorin, NigeriaThis study investigated access to, use of, and the effect of Open Educational Resources (OER) on LIS academics in Nigeria. The study adopted a purely quantitative method, using a survey as the research design. The population of the study comprised LIS academic staff in Nigerian universities. Through a total enumeration method, a sample of 140 LIS academics from 15 universities in Nigeria was selected. A questionnaire developed for data collection was administered to the 140 respondents, of which 133 copies were returned. Seven objectives were developed to guide the study. The results demonstrated that office documents such as Word and PowerPoint, open textbooks, lecture notes, quizzes and tutorials, MOOCs, learning modules, and open courseware are the OER resources most frequently accessed by LIS academics. Mobile phones and laptop computers are the primary devices used by LIS academics for accessing OER. OER are used by LIS academics for teaching and learning, research, preparation for workshops, seminars, conference presentations, and class notes. The effects of OER on LIS academics include the ability to use materials created by other colleagues and customise course materials to create an ideal course packet or textbook. Policies guiding the use of OER include equal access, protection of intellectual property rights, and open licences such as Creative Commons. The challenges LIS academics encounter when using OER include frequent power outages, untimely updates of OER repositories, and prolonged periods spent searching for resources in institutional repositories.https://jurnal.uns.ac.id/ijie/article/view/85288access and use, library and information science, lis academic staff, nigeria. open educational resources, open education. |
| spellingShingle | Adeyinka TELLA Olufemi Peter Owoeye Aderinola Ololade Dunmade Access to, Use, and Effect of Open Educational Resources: The Perspectives of LIS Academics in Selected Nigerian Universities IJIE (Indonesian Journal of Informatics Education) access and use, library and information science, lis academic staff, nigeria. open educational resources, open education. |
| title | Access to, Use, and Effect of Open Educational Resources: The Perspectives of LIS Academics in Selected Nigerian Universities |
| title_full | Access to, Use, and Effect of Open Educational Resources: The Perspectives of LIS Academics in Selected Nigerian Universities |
| title_fullStr | Access to, Use, and Effect of Open Educational Resources: The Perspectives of LIS Academics in Selected Nigerian Universities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to, Use, and Effect of Open Educational Resources: The Perspectives of LIS Academics in Selected Nigerian Universities |
| title_short | Access to, Use, and Effect of Open Educational Resources: The Perspectives of LIS Academics in Selected Nigerian Universities |
| title_sort | access to use and effect of open educational resources the perspectives of lis academics in selected nigerian universities |
| topic | access and use, library and information science, lis academic staff, nigeria. open educational resources, open education. |
| url | https://jurnal.uns.ac.id/ijie/article/view/85288 |
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