Use of open educational resources (OER) and learning objects (LO) in k12 instruction

• Main Authors: Leonardo David GLASSERMAN MORALES, María Soledad RAMÍREZ MONTOYA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2014-06-01
• Series: Education in the Knowledge Society
• Subjects: Prácticas educativas abiertas; Recursos Educativos Abiertos; Objetos de Aprendizaje; estrategias de enseñanza-aprendizaje; aprendizaje activo
• Online Access: http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/revistatesi/article/view/11888
• ISSN: 2444-8729

This document aims to present a research study of open digital resources as teaching tools at the primary level. The resources were addressed in three online repositories and one indexed catalogue of OER and LO reviewed by three higher education institutions in Mexico. The study took place in three groups of a public elementary institution located in Monterrey Nuevo Leon. Qualitative research was identified to present the study and it was used a case study approach to describe the phenomena identified among the uses of OER and LO towards the active learning process. The results showed that the participant teachers have had experience on using technology inside the classroom but were unaware of the use of open resources. The use of digital resources allowed the instructors to integrate them as didactic material in order to reinforce the topics and themes along the curricula.