Abstract
Open Educational Resources (OER) integrated online courses provide a rich and a flexible learning environment to acquire knowledge and skills among undergraduates. A significant issue with OER-integrated online courses is the poorly addressed instructional design features. Instructionally rich online courses will have a greater impact on both teaching and learning. This study is aimed at exploring different support systems in relation to the undergraduate learning process through the design of OER-integrated online courses. It explored design features under four main Instructional Design (ID) aspects, being: Information Design, Instruction Design, Interface Design and Interaction Design. The study adopted a Design-Based Research approach through analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of an intervention in multiple phases, using mixed methodologies. This resulted in a design framework with reusable design principles for OER-integrated online learning. The outcomes of this study will contribute to enhance OER-integrated course design and to develop undergraduate education.
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Abbreviations
- CFA:
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis
- DBR:
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Design-Based Research
- EFA:
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Exploratory Factor Analysis
- ID:
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Instructional Design
- OER:
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Open Educational Resources
- PCA:
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Principle Component Analysis
- SEM:
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Structural Equation Modeling
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Sandanayake, T.C., Karunanayaka, S.P. & Madurapperuma, A.P. A framework to design open educational resources-integrated online courses for undergraduate learning: A design-based research approach. Educ Inf Technol 26, 3135–3154 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10393-z
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