Congratulations to dr. Marius Šadauskas after successfully defending her doctoral dissertation Integration of open educational resources into university curriculum Integration of open educational resources into university curriculum (scientific supervisor – habil. prof. dr. Margarita Teresevičienė (Vytautas Magnus University,  social sciences, educology, S 007), He   has aquired  a doctoral degree in social sciences educology.

The dissertation is available at Vytautas Magnus University, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, and below  a short annotation is presented. 

Research aim is to identify factors for integrating open educational resources into the university curriculum and to explain their impact on changes in the study process. Research questions: What are the needs of a digital society for opening the university curriculum? How do university teachers integrate open educational resources into the university curriculum? What are university teachers’ skills and attitudes towards creation and integration of open educational resources? How does the curriculum change after the integration of open educational resources? Empirical research was conducted using the concept of mixed methods, which included quantitative research and a case study in which teachers developed and integrated OER into their curriculum, the questionnaire of teachers attitudes towards OER and interviews were implemented.

Dissertation Defense Council:

Chairman – prof. dr. Genutė Gedvilienė (Vytautas Magnus University, Social Sciences, Education S 007).
prof. dr. Sigitas Daukilas (Vytautas Magnus University, Social Sciences, Education S 007),
prof. dr. Nijolė Burkšaitienė (Vilnius University, Social Sciences, Education S 007),
prof. dr. Irena Žemaitaitytė (Mykolas Romeris University, Social Sciences, Education S 007),
prof. dr. Costa Nilza Maria Vilhena da Nunes (University of Aveiro, Portugal, Social Sciences, Education S 007).