Digital Educational Resources Configuration Model and Mechanisms for K-12 in China

Abstract

Traditional configuration model of digital educational resources (DERs) leads to digital divide. To achieve the public service equalization of DERs for K-12 in China, this paper proposes an "intra-regional co-construction and sharing, inter-regional sharing and exchanging" (IRCS&IRSE) model and three mechanisms. Firstly, the ratio of resource development fund to environment construction fund is dynamically regulated to improve the resource allocation efficiency. Secondly, determine resource purchase funds by users’ feedback to improve the quality of DERs. Thirdly, determine schools’ information environment construction fund by their utilization of DERs to better utilize the resources. Simulation experiment was conducted using the Vensim software, the result showed that the three mechanisms were all effective and they worked well for the public service equalization of DERs.