Research article · 2026
COLLABORATIVE MODELS FOR OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: ASSESSING EQUITY, COLLABORATION, AND SUSTAINABILITY AT NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY KANO STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
Purpose: The study investigate collaborative models for the creation, and use of open educational resources (OER) at Northwest University, with a particular focus on collaboration, equity, and sustainability. Open educational resource has become essential for democratizing access to learning materials
Design/ Methodology/ Approach: The study used mixed method design to collect data from academic staff, ICT officers, librarians, administrative officers, and students through questionnaire, interview, and document analysis.
Findings: The study shows that the university promotes interdepartmental collaboration on open educational resources and that the resources are accessible by the students and other researchers, shortage of funds and insufficient funding and grant by the government is identified as some of the challenges affecting accessibility of open educational resources among academics.
Recommendations; the study recommends increasing awareness and training programs that will improve access and equal utilization of open educational resources. It also recommends that the government should create a sustainable funding or grant for academics staff that engaged in open educational creation and dissemination resources
Implications: the study would provide solutions to access open educational resources in Nigerian libraries and create awareness about the existence of such collection and the impact of collaboration for knowledge sharing and visibility and equity among users of information.
Keywords: Open Educational Resources (OER), Collaborative Models, Equity, Sustainability, Higher Education
Paper type: Empirical
Keywords
Open Educational Resources (OER), Collaborative Models, Equity, Sustainability, Higher Education Paper type: Empirical
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