ABSTRACT

Open educational resources (OERs) have increased in popularity and are becoming an important method of providing access to, and enhancing, the teaching and learning experience for both lecturers and students. Despite their popularity, approaches that may work best for sustaining OER initiatives in Nigerian universities are still evolving in Library and Information Science (LIS) literature. Considering the current budget climate for higher education in Nigeria, a framework that is tended towards the sustainability of OER needs to be developed. This article examines opportunities and threats surrounding OER, as well as highlighting major players in the OER landscape. A mixed method approach consisting of a survey and focus groups was used to gather both qualitative and quantitative information from academics and librarians at selected universities in Nigeria, who participated in the Nigerian Universities Commission’s (NUC) OER ranking exercise. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis respectively. While this paper provides recommendations based on findings on one hand, it also proffers suggestions for other libraries interested in growing OER initiatives focusing on development, implementation and assessment for universities operating with limited resources.

摘要

开放式教育资源（OER）越来越流行，并且正成为向讲师和学生提供并增强其教学经验的一种重要方法。尽管它们很受欢迎，但在尼日利亚大学中，最能维持OER计划的方法仍在不断发展。考虑到目前尼日利亚高等教育的预算环境，需要制定一个旨在实现OER可持续性的框架。本文探讨了OER周围的机遇和威胁，并重点介绍了OER领域的主要参与者。使用了由调查和焦点小组组成的混合方法，从尼日利亚选定大学的学者和图书馆员那里收集了定性和定量信息，这些人参加了尼日利亚大学委员会（NUC）的OER排名练习。分别使用描述性统计和主题分析对数据进行了分析。尽管本文一方面基于发现提供了建议，但同时也向其他有兴趣发展OER计划的其他图书馆提供了建议，这些计划的重点是对资源有限的大学的发展，实施和评估。