Viewing the use of open educational resources through a community of practice lens: a case study of teachers' use of the Everything Maths and Everything Science open textbooks

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dc.contributor.advisorHodgkinson-Williams, Cherylen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCartmill, Erna Theresaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-25T07:43:59Z
dc.date.available2015-09-25T07:43:59Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study answers to th e quest ions of why and how the "Everything Maths" and "Everything Science" open textbooks are used, and to what extent a Community of Practice (Wenger, 2006) has formed around the use of these open textbooks, are informed by a case study, comprising of interviews with nine South African high-school teachers using these open educational resources. The Community of Practice theory provided a useful lens through which to code, analyse and view utterances made. Findings indicate that while financial reasons for using the open textbooks are important, pedagogical reasons, of quality and scope of content, are more valued by teachers. Also important are the availability of the open textbooks in a variety of formats, the potential for teachers to develop social learning (Brown, 2008) skills, learners to study independently, the interactive features, and online availability of the open textbooks. A Community of Practice, while not formalised, exists around the use of these open textbooks and can be classified as an Active Community (Kim, Hong and Suh 2012).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCartmill, E. T. (2013). <i>Viewing the use of open educational resources through a community of practice lens: a case study of teachers' use of the Everything Maths and Everything Science open textbooks</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14095en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCartmill, Erna Theresa. <i>"Viewing the use of open educational resources through a community of practice lens: a case study of teachers' use of the Everything Maths and Everything Science open textbooks."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14095en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCartmill, E. 2013. Viewing the use of open educational resources through a community of practice lens: a case study of teachers' use of the Everything Maths and Everything Science open textbooks. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cartmill, Erna Theresa AB - This study answers to th e quest ions of why and how the "Everything Maths" and "Everything Science" open textbooks are used, and to what extent a Community of Practice (Wenger, 2006) has formed around the use of these open textbooks, are informed by a case study, comprising of interviews with nine South African high-school teachers using these open educational resources. The Community of Practice theory provided a useful lens through which to code, analyse and view utterances made. Findings indicate that while financial reasons for using the open textbooks are important, pedagogical reasons, of quality and scope of content, are more valued by teachers. Also important are the availability of the open textbooks in a variety of formats, the potential for teachers to develop social learning (Brown, 2008) skills, learners to study independently, the interactive features, and online availability of the open textbooks. A Community of Practice, while not formalised, exists around the use of these open textbooks and can be classified as an Active Community (Kim, Hong and Suh 2012). DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Viewing the use of open educational resources through a community of practice lens: a case study of teachers' use of the Everything Maths and Everything Science open textbooks TI - Viewing the use of open educational resources through a community of practice lens: a case study of teachers' use of the Everything Maths and Everything Science open textbooks UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14095 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14095
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCartmill ET. Viewing the use of open educational resources through a community of practice lens: a case study of teachers' use of the Everything Maths and Everything Science open textbooks. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14095en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInformation and Communication Technologies in Educationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherUse of Open Educational Resourcesen_ZA
dc.titleViewing the use of open educational resources through a community of practice lens: a case study of teachers' use of the Everything Maths and Everything Science open textbooksen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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