Educational resource refers to any material, human, digital, financial, or environmental asset intentionally used to support teaching, learning, and assessment in formal or non-formal education [1][2][3][4]. It includes textbooks, lesson plans, datasets, laboratory equipment, learning platforms, open educational resources, teacher expertise, time allocation, and institutional support services when these are mobilized for defined educational purposes [1][2]. Educational resources are characterized by instructional relevance, accessibility, quality, and usability for target learners and educators [2][3][4]. In educational research and policy, the term denotes inputs that enable learning opportunities and instructional delivery, distinguishing resources themselves from learning outcomes, which are the effects produced through their use [1][2][3][4].
- educational resource
- learning materials
- open educational resources
- instructional support
References
- UNESCO. Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER); UNESCO: Paris, 2019. Available online: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000370936.
- OECD. Education at a Glance 2023; Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD): Paris, France, 2023. [CrossRef]
- John Hilton; Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions. Educ. Technol. Res. Dev. 2016, 64, 573-590, 10.1007/s11423-016-9434-9.
- David Wiley; T. J. Bliss; Mary McEwen. Open Educational Resources: A Review of the Literature; Springer Nature: Durham, NC, United States, 2013; pp. 781-789. [CrossRef]