THE OER – A TEACHING-LEARNING TOOL IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19 IN INDIA
ABSTRACT All the sectors of human life, including education, are affected due to COVID-19. This pandemic has forced for developing a system where teachers, students have to maintain social distance and continue their education process. Thus, in this context, distance education in place of face-to-face mode with specific innovations is the best mode to reach adult learners, and this mode also advocates lifelong learning for all stages. The Open Educational Resources (OERs) are also an innovation which is in practice for a long time now in education. These resources are exclusively at use in higher education in distance mode because the stakeholders i.e. teachers and students both are competent to develop and use the OERs. The learners at higher stage also have devices that facilitate access and make the material available to them easily. This situation at the school level, which is predominantly, a face-to-face mode is quite contrary to higher education. An overview indicates that ...