Tracking the money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic education: What we don't know

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dc.contributor.authorGoodier, Sarah
dc.contributor.editorCheryl Hodgkinson-Williamsen_ZA
dc.contributor.editorPatricia Arintoen_ZA
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-20T13:32:11Z
dc.date.available2017-11-20T13:32:11Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-08
dc.description.abstractLimited research has been done to date on the extent of public funding of Open Educational Resources (OER) within basic education (K-12 equivalent) in South Africa. As claims have been made about the potential cost reductions that come with using OER, this study aimed to establish a benchmark of public spending on educational resources, uncover how much is being spent on OER and assess cost-savings of OER adoption. A desk review and document analysis of official information sources on South African basic education was conducted to develop a conceptual understanding of funding allocations the South African government uses for educational resources. A review of publicly available government reports and budgets showed that there is insufficient information at this time to determine how much is being spent on OER specifically or to act as a benchmark for potential cost savings of OER. This study highlights the information gaps which would need to be filled in order to make claims about OER and their potential as cost savers.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGoodier, S. (2017). <i>Tracking the money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic education: What we don't know</i>. Cape Town & Ottawa: African Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26402en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGoodier, Sarah. <i>Tracking the money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic education: What we don't know</i>. Cape Town & Ottawa: African Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26402.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCitation: Goodier, S. (2017). Tracking the money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic education: What we don't know. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(4). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v18i4.2990en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Book AU - Goodier, Sarah AB - Limited research has been done to date on the extent of public funding of Open Educational Resources (OER) within basic education (K-12 equivalent) in South Africa. As claims have been made about the potential cost reductions that come with using OER, this study aimed to establish a benchmark of public spending on educational resources, uncover how much is being spent on OER and assess cost-savings of OER adoption. A desk review and document analysis of official information sources on South African basic education was conducted to develop a conceptual understanding of funding allocations the South African government uses for educational resources. A review of publicly available government reports and budgets showed that there is insufficient information at this time to determine how much is being spent on OER specifically or to act as a benchmark for potential cost savings of OER. This study highlights the information gaps which would need to be filled in order to make claims about OER and their potential as cost savers. CY - Cape Town & Ottawa DA - 2017-09-08 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town ED - Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams ED - Patricia Arinto KW - open educational resources KW - basic education KW - expendtiture KW - national budget KW - Learning and teaching support materials LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PP - Cape Town & Ottawa PY - 2017 T1 - Tracking the money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic education: What we don't know TI - Tracking the money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic education: What we don't know UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26402 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/26402
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGoodier S. Tracking the money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic education: What we don't know. Cape Town & Ottawa: African Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open Educational Resources for Development; 2017.http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26402en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open Educational Resources for Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.publisher.locationCape Town & Ottawaen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAdoption and Impact of OER in the Global Southen_ZA
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2990/4195
dc.subjectopen educational resourcesen_ZA
dc.subjectbasic educationen_ZA
dc.subjectexpendtitureen_ZA
dc.subjectnational budgeten_ZA
dc.subjectLearning and teaching support materialsen_ZA
dc.titleTracking the money for Open Educational Resources in South African basic education: What we don't knowen_ZA
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