Open Educational Practices among Research Scholars in Education

Abstract

The current education system focuses the online related teaching-learning methods. In particular, all the learners want to free, open, accessible, and legal educational resources. The open educational resources fulfill all the related academic problems to the learners. The study's main objective is to determine the level of usage of open educational resources and determine the level of performance in education among the state universities of Tamilnadu research scholars. A sample of 300 research scholars from 22 state universities in Tamilnadu state is selected randomly for the study. The study conduct between 17/10/2020 to 26/12/2020 by using a survey method. Data were analyzed using percentage analysis and t-test. Findings reveal that 30% of the state university research scholars have a high level of open educational resources usage, and 24 % have a high level of education performance. Results also imply a significant difference in the utilization of open educational resources among male and female state universities research scholars. There is no significant difference in education performance among male and female state universities research scholars concerning gender. The COVID-19 epidemic and paralysis have questioned the education of migrant workers and their children. Open educational resources are a sustainable education system in the future, even in a virus outbreak, storm, flood, world war, etc.

Keywords: Open Educational Resources; Open Educational Practices; Research Scholars; Creative Common