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Special issue call for papers from Information Discovery and
Delivery
Open Educational Resource, or OER in short, has been referred to
as educational sources or services that anyone may have equal
access and contribution (Tuomi, 2006; UNESCO, 2002). Its benefit
of reducing students’ cost of education has been validated and
underscored in numerous reports. A recent review of 16 OER studies
in higher education showed that overall students using OER had the
same level of achievement as those using traditional textbook, if
not better (Hilton, 2016). Faculty and students reported favorable
perceptions toward OER. As a young and growing field, OER has
shown its promise in providing accessible and affordable
educational opportunities for learners. However, Hilton (2016)
found out in his search effort that first there were not many OER
studies, and second, there was a lack of studies with rigorous
research design. At the same time, as Drs. Wiley, Bliss, and
McEwen (2014) pointed out, it faces several major challenges,
among which the following questions are significant. What
constitutes a quality OER source or service? How is the quality
measured? How to find quality OER to effectively support specific
needs? What are effective ways to find, localize, and manage OER
for a specific linguistic and cultural context?
We invite authors to submit paper on OER discovery, localization,
management, and quality from theoretical, technical, and design
perspectives.
Topics may include, but not limited to:
* Finding, Seeking and Sharing OER
* OER Delivery and Management
* OER and digital library
* Users’ behavior in OER such as information seeking behavior
* Learning analytics and data mining of OER
* Recommendation systems for OER
* OER accessibility
* Effective use of OER
* OER design and evaluation
* OER quality
* OER localization or adaptation in and across courses
* Open assessment
* Global impact
* Systematic review of OER research
* Advances in OER
* Case studies related to OER discovery and delivery
Guest Editors
Shenghua Zha, University of South Alabama,
shzha@southalabama.edu
Gayle Davidson-Shivers, University of South Alabama,
gvds@southalabama.edu
I-Chun Tsai, University of Akron,
tsai1@uakron.edu
Important Dates
Submission due: June 8, 2018
Final papers: September 2018
Submissions should comply with the journal author guidelines which
are here – see
http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=idd
Submissions should be made through ScholarOne Manuscripts, the
online submission and peer review system. Registration and access
is available at
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/idd
* Hilton, J. (2016). Open educational resources and college
textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and
perceptions. Educational Technology Research and Development,
64(4), 573-590. doi:10.1007/s11423-016-9434-9
* Tuomi, I. (2006). Open Educational Resources: What they are and
why do they matter Retrieved from
http://www.meaningprocessing.com/personalPages/tuomi/articles/OpenEducationalResources_OECDreport.pdf
* UNESCO. (2002). Forum on the impact of open courseware for
higher education in developing countries: Final report. Retrieved
from
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001285/128515e.pdf
* Wiley, D., Bliss, T. J., & McEwen, M. (2014). Open
educational resources: A review of the literature. In S. J., M.
M., E. J., & B. M. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Educational
Communications and Technology (pp. 781-789). New York, NY:
Springer.
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