The Role of the Open Educational Videos as Support and Evidence of Learning: Project TALK — Targeting Achievements-Linking Knowledge

Fernando Jorge Mortera Gutierrez, José Arturo Villarreal Guzmán 
(Escuela de Graduados de Educación, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico)

Abstract: This article will show the results of a research project on educational technology. Project which target was to study and investigate the role of the educational video as a scholar production from K-12 students in their academic performance by utilizing the new technological tools available through digital devices and by applying the new Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The project was supported by Tecnológico de Monterrey and the Masters in Educational Technology division from Escuela de Graduados en Educacion, EGE (Graduate School of Education). The research was performed with students from middle basic education level (junior high) from Colegio San Felipe located in the city of Monterrey of the state of Nuevo Leon in Mexico, during the school year September 2012–July 2013. The main objective was to detect if creating educational videos influences directly in the fundamental learning of students within this institution, through the production of open educational videos conceived as open educational resources (OER).

Key words: open educational resources, educational videos, middle basic education, educational innovation, educational technology