Considerando Equivalencias Pedagógicas para la Reutilización de Recursos Educativos Abiertos

Open Educational Resources are fundamental in Information Technology and Communications (ICT) enhanced learning, due to their capability to be reused in different contexts. However, a current problem is how to decide, given a set of OER which are the best suited to specific requirements. One solution is having criteria to assess values to the properties of the OER. Existing metrics for valuing the level of reuse of OER consider technological properties, standardization, completeness and relevance of the information content. Commonly, the metrics do not consider the impact that pedagogical properties have in the reuse value of OER. In this paper we address this problem by proposing a pedagogical equivalence among OERs. The equivalence relation contains OERs with similar educational objectives whose designs were intended for different use contexts. We show that OERs belonging to a pedagogical equivalence relation increase their reuse value. Finally, the pedagogical equivalence relation and assessment criteria regarding reuse are formalized by using an ontological model.