Harnessing OERs in Hong Kong Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Open Educational Resources (OERs) represent an opportunity to enhance quality access to education. However, OER adoption has not yet made as substantial an impact as might have been expected. This case study identifies strategies for effective OER adoption that can support quality access in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). We conducted a critical landscape review of existing activities, identifying “what works” and “what doesn't work”, noting both enabling and hindering factors. A questionnaire, interviews, and focus groups with students, teachers and workplace mentors in the leading TVET institution in Hong Kong were then used to examine perceptions and reservations regarding OER usage. The findings suggest that OER adaptations with blended learning might be an effective approach to enable quality access in TVET. This may help build learning communities that enable stakeholders to co-develop and to use the OERs and also to share good practices.