A STUDY ON USAGE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) FORMAT TO ENHANCING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RAMANATHAPURAM EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT

Authors

UDHAYA MOHAN BABU R, Alagappa UniversityFollow
Dr G. Kalaiyarasan, Alagappa UniversityFollow

Date of this Version

Winter 12-20-2019

Document Type

Article

Citation

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Abstract

Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely available, openly allowed text, media, and other digital resources that are useful for instruction. The Open Educational Resources (OER) formats are used for this study with the help of the internet. The investigator as a facilitator for this study. The learning is through open educational resources in three months. The quarterly marks were used for pretest and half-yearly marks were used for the post-test score. The experimental method and single group design were employed in the study. 40 students were taken for this study. The simple random sampling has used the study. The findings were there is no significant difference between the groups. The academic performance is may increase through Open Educational Resource (OER) format learning..