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 Dr. Simon K.S. Cheung Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) |
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| Title: How Useful of Open Educational Resources for University Students? | |
| Abstract:
Unquestionably, open educational resources (OER) are widely used by university students for learning purposes. For over a decade, OER have evolved in four major forms, including open courseware and course materials, open online courses and tutorials, open access e-books and e-journals, and open source learning tools. While OER are often used by university students, educational researchers and practitioners are interested about how useful of these resources as perceived by the students themselves. This keynote would present a systematic three-year study conducted in a sizable university in Hong Kong. The students' perceived usefulness on each of the four major forms of OER is analyzed. Shortcomings and concerns from the students' perspectives are also identified. More important, the general patterns and trends pertaining to the usage and perceived usefulness are derived. All these results would provide a useful reference for educational researchers and practitioners in planning and deploying OER for teaching and learning at universities.
1. K.S. Cheung, "A Survey on the Students’ Use of Open Educational Resources for Learning Purposes", Technology in Education, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 1048, pp. 146-155, Springer, 2019. 2. K.S. Cheung, "Perceived Usefulness of Open Educational Resources between Full-time and Distance-learning Students", Blended Learning : Enhancing Learning Success, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10949, pp. 357-367, Springer, 2018. 3. K.S. Cheung, "Distance-Learning Students’ Perception on the Usefulness of Open Educational Resources", Blended learning : New Challenges and Innovative Practices, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10309, pp. 389-399, Springer, 2017. 4. K.S. Cheung, K.C. Li & K.S. Yuen, "An Overview of Open Education Resources for Higher Education", Knowledge Sharing Through Technology, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 407, pp. 26-34, Springer, 2013. 5. K.C. Li, K.S. Yuen & K.S. Cheung, "Open Education Resources in Hong Kong", Knowledge Sharing Through Technology, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 407, pp. 26-34, Springer, 2013. | |
| Biography:
Dr. Simon K.S. Cheung is currently the Director of IT at the Open University of Hong Kong. He received his BSc and PhD in Computer Science from the City University of Hong Kong. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist, and IET Fellow, BCS Fellow, IMA Fellow, HKIE Fellow, and HKCS Fellow. He has served as a guest editor or editorial board member of international journals, and a keynote speaker, technical/programme chair of international conferences. His publications include 1 research monograph, 25 edited books, 12 edited journal issues, 150+ journal articles, book chapters and conference papers. He won the Outstanding Research Publications Award from the Open University of Hong Kong in 2016, the 1st class Achievement in Computer and IT from Shenzhen Science and Technology Association in 2016, and the 1st class Outstanding CIO from the Hong Kong IT Joint Council in 2015. He has been listed in the Who's Who in Science and Engineering since 2006.
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