OER Mainstreaming in Cameroon: Perceptions and Barriers
<p>The government of Cameroon has been increasingly pre-occupied with the quality of learning outcomes and the lack of learning resources at all levels of the education system. Research on similar educational systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond indicate that Ministries of Education are ex...
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| author | Michael N. Nkwenti Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena |
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| description | <p>The government of Cameroon has been increasingly pre-occupied with the quality of learning outcomes and the lack of learning resources at all levels of the education system. Research on similar educational systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond indicate that Ministries of Education are exploring the potential of open educational resources (OER) to cut down the high cost of textbooks and enhance the availability of quality learning materials in classrooms. To explore possibilities of mainstreaming OER under the Ministries of Basic and Secondary Education in Cameroon, a quantitative research design approach was used to survey n=393 Regional Pedagogic Supervisors from the 10 Regions of the country. The outcome of this study presents the factors shaping the perspectives of Regional Pedagogic Supervisors in terms of perceptions and barriers to using OER. The novelty of this approach is the application of a proven model for technology acceptance testing in the context of OER. Based on the findings, three major recommendations for mainstreaming OER in Cameroon with potential impact on lowering textbook costs and increasing learning outcomes were formulated.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d81d459f4d21439d8f203abcaa2e22ba2023-03-01T21:21:16ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis1369-99972304-070X2019-09-0111328930210.5944/openpraxis.11.3.98155OER Mainstreaming in Cameroon: Perceptions and BarriersMichael N. Nkwenti0Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena1University of Yaounde IUniversity of Waterloo<p>The government of Cameroon has been increasingly pre-occupied with the quality of learning outcomes and the lack of learning resources at all levels of the education system. Research on similar educational systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond indicate that Ministries of Education are exploring the potential of open educational resources (OER) to cut down the high cost of textbooks and enhance the availability of quality learning materials in classrooms. To explore possibilities of mainstreaming OER under the Ministries of Basic and Secondary Education in Cameroon, a quantitative research design approach was used to survey n=393 Regional Pedagogic Supervisors from the 10 Regions of the country. The outcome of this study presents the factors shaping the perspectives of Regional Pedagogic Supervisors in terms of perceptions and barriers to using OER. The novelty of this approach is the application of a proven model for technology acceptance testing in the context of OER. Based on the findings, three major recommendations for mainstreaming OER in Cameroon with potential impact on lowering textbook costs and increasing learning outcomes were formulated.</p>https://openpraxis.org/articles/55open educational resourcesoercameroontextbook costslearning outcomesoer mainstreaming |
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| title | OER Mainstreaming in Cameroon: Perceptions and Barriers |
| title_full | OER Mainstreaming in Cameroon: Perceptions and Barriers |
| title_fullStr | OER Mainstreaming in Cameroon: Perceptions and Barriers |
| title_full_unstemmed | OER Mainstreaming in Cameroon: Perceptions and Barriers |
| title_short | OER Mainstreaming in Cameroon: Perceptions and Barriers |
| title_sort | oer mainstreaming in cameroon perceptions and barriers |
| topic | open educational resources oer cameroon textbook costs learning outcomes oer mainstreaming |
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