Author(s)

Ka Man Mok¹, Prabrisha Sarkar², Shui Wing Ng¹, Sumit Mandal³, Qing Chen⁴, Manas Kumar Sarkar^1*

¹School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
²Department of Creative Arts, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China.
³Department of Design and Merchandising, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
⁴Shanghai International Fashion Centre, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.

As professors are subjected to teaching their classes online due to the recent COVID-19, our local Hong Kong students find it difficult to consult their teachers, and ultimately would fail to achieve the intended learning outcomes, especially for practical-based subjects. In this research, students having online classes of a practical-based fabric design subject were encouraged to self-study from Open Educational Resource (OER) materials for a further and better understanding of their subject. Additionally, online materials were developed to improve students’ understanding via skill of digital literacy. Their learning progress was evaluated and compared to the face-to-face version. The majority of students found online classes combined with self-studying OER materials, potentially be a substitute for face-to-face classes. Most of the students further opined different OER videos assisted them without any face-to-face instructions in practical works, to develop new fabric samples from the inspiration. Analysis of test results, and comparison of students’ final grades with different learning modes, supported these phenomena.

Online Teaching, Open Educational Resources, Learning Outcome, Fabric Design, Textile Education, Teaching Design Subjects

Mok, K. , Sarkar, P. , Ng, S. , Mandal, S. , Chen, Q. and Sarkar, M. (2023) Achieve Intended Learning Outcomes and Improving Digital Literacy Skills for Practical-Based Subjects Using Online Teaching via Propagation of OER Materials. Journal of Textile Science and Technology, 9, 84-100. doi: 10.4236/jtst.2023.91006.