Open Educational Resources (OER) in Initial Teacher Training: Technological Approach in Language Teaching

This article presents a proposal for teaching open educational resources (OER) carried out in initial teacher training, based on: the knowledge and review of a selection of digital educational materials for future use and adaptation in the Language class in Secondary Education; the development of an OER design as an evaluation procedure; and, finally, the completion of a survey to assess the intervention carried out. The results obtained show that most of the students perceived OER as an innovative and recommendable proposal to improve their classroom practice, although they also revealed that it is a complex activity that needs guided accompaniment. Lack of knowledge of OER and a certain insecurity when it comes to using and adapting them to their different contexts were perceived as some of the main difficulties. On the basis of these initial results, a line of research is proposed that needs a broader context of study in order to develop new strategies in initial teacher training that allow the use of these resources in their teaching practices.