Utilisation of Open Educational Resources (OER) by Lecturers in Public Universities in Ogun State

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine the utilisation of open educational resources (OER) by lecturers in public universities in Ogun State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design, population of the study was one thousand three hundred and eighty-nine (1,389), one hundred and forty (140) lecturers in public universities in Ogun state were selected using simple random proportionate sampling technique. Questionnaires was used in gathering data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation on the SPSS software. The findings of the study revealed that the lecturers in public Universities in Ogun State use their lecture notes, and online journals/databases. Most of the lecturers in public Universities in Ogun State frequently use Lecture notes, Open textbooks and Open access journals/databases for teaching. The lecturers in public Universities in Ogun State use OER for personalised learning. The challenges to the use of OER are poor electricity supply and lack of library sensitisation on what?. The study recommends that the university management should provide funding and policies that will facilitate access to OER for the lecturers. Trainings, seminars, workshops should be organised on how to make use of OER which are online based such as Coursera.