Primary Education Undergraduates’ Awareness and Perception on The Utilization of Open Educational Resources for Learning in University of Ilorin
Keywords:
Awareness, Gender, OER (Open Educational Resources), Perception and utilizationAbstract
This study investigated the awareness and perception of the
utilization of Open Educational Resources (OER) for learning
among primary education undergraduates at the University
of Ilorin. The study adopted the descriptive research of
survey type. This study was limited to the primary education
undergraduate students in the Adult and Primary Education
Department, University of Ilorin. 150 undergraduates were
randomly selected from the department. Structured
questionnaires were used to elicit a response from the
respondents. The finding of this study shows that
undergraduate students are aware of OER's learning tools.
Primary education undergraduate students’ perception
towards OERs tool for learning is positive, there are factors
inhibiting effective use of OER for learning among students,
undergraduate students used OERs site for learning, and
there was no significant difference between male and female
undergraduates’ perception of OER tools for learning. Based
on the findings of this research, the following
recommendation was made. Lecturers should endeavor to
put their scholastic publications in the public domain of their
institutions, as this will help the student to lay hands on more
quality materials and the government should provide funds
to ensure the stability of the OER movement
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