Going Open in Afghanistan

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2018-05

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Some findings from this impact study of Open Educational Resources (OER) are: using OER improved teachers’ lesson plans; OER gave teachers more current subject info; OER extended knowledge of the topic taught; OER helped initiate collaboration among students (and to a lesser extent among teachers); OER impacted teachers’ instructional techniques, pedagogy, and content knowledge. 48 participants engaged in discussion of accessibility and practices of Open Educational Resources in Parwan, Afghanistan. This presentation reviews the workshop study.

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OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, ROER4D, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TEACHING AIDS, GLOBAL SOUTH, SOUTH ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

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