Research on OER for Development, Metasynthesis - Global South

Abstract
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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.

Geographic coverage
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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)

Analysis unit
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Other

Universe
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The study covered students and educators at secondary and tertiary institutions across the Global South.

Kind of data
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Qualitative and quantitative data

Mode of data collection
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Other [oth]

摘要
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ROER4D（开放教育资源发展研究）项目是一项为期四年（2013-2017年）的大型网络化项目，旨在丰富关于开放教育资源（OER）的研究成果，并探讨核心研究问题：在全球南方，参与开放教育实践和OER能在何种程度上、如何、为谁以及在何种情境下提供公平、相关、高质量、价格合理且可持续的教育。该项目共吸引了来自南美洲、撒哈拉以南非洲以及南亚和东南亚的21个国家的18个子项目，共计103名研究团队成员参与，由一个中央网络中心进行协调。研究工作最终以《全球南方OER的采用与影响》一书的形式呈现。
本书的主要贡献之一是对子项目成果的元分析，即《全球南方开放教育实践和OER的影响因素：ROER4D项目的元分析》。该分析旨在提炼子项目研究中的关键主题，并识别（a）全球南方背景下相关的教育挑战（b）关于OER作为解决这些挑战机制的论断（c）在子项目中观察到的OER及相关开放教育实践，以及影响这些实践的结构性、文化性和代理性因素（d）OER采用在解决教育挑战方面可能产生的任何影响。本书收录的13个子项目章节构成了分析的主要数据来源，在无相关子项目章节的情况下，最终研究报告被用于两个实例。
地理覆盖范围
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非洲（加纳、肯尼亚、毛里求斯、南非、索马里、坦桑尼亚、乌干达、赞比亚、津巴布韦）、亚洲（阿富汗、印度、印度尼西亚、马来西亚、蒙古、巴基斯坦、斯里兰卡、菲律宾）、南美洲（巴西、智利、哥伦比亚、乌拉圭）
分析单元
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其他
总体
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该研究覆盖了全球南方中学和高等教育机构的学生和教师。
数据类型
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定性和定量数据
数据收集方式
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其他[oth]