Faculty attitudes towards OER and open textbooks in British Columbia and Beyond
Faculty attitudes towards and experiences with OER & Open Textbooks
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Faculty attitudes towards and experiences with OER & Open Textbooks Jessie A. Key Department of Chemistry Christina Hendricks Department of Philosophy Rajiv Jhangiani Department of Psychology Beck Pitt OER Research Hub
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Faculty attitudes towards and experiences with OER & Open Textbooks
Jessie A. KeyDepartment of Chemistry
Christina HendricksDepartment of Philosophy
Rajiv JhangianiDepartment of Psychology
Beck PittOER Research Hub
• The rationale
• The research team
• The timeline
• 78 participants representing 17 institutions
• Detailed report to be released later this summer
Background
Sample characteristics
Use, creationand sharing of OER
Use of OER - Overview
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Used OER
Adapted OER
Created OER
Published OER with openlicense
Not used or created OER
Use, adaptation, creation correlations
0.39
Used OER
CreatedOER
AdaptedOER 0.45
0.43
N = 118 All correlations significant atp<.001
Use, Adaption, Creation
0%
10%
20%
30%
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1-3 years 4-6 years 7-10 years over 10
Used
Adapted
Created
BY YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Use, Adaption, Creation
0%
10%
20%
30%
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70%
Rsrch Inst. SPTU Comm. Col.
Used
Adapted
Created
BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION
Purposes of using OER - Overview
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Ideas and inspiration
Supplement coursework
Prepare for teaching
Learning resources
Assets within a lesson
Optional self-study
Broaden tchg methods
Engage students
Purposes of using OER
BY YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
1-3 years 4-6 years 7-10 years over 10
Ideas & inspiration
Supplement coursework
Prepare for teaching
E-learning materials
Broaden teachingmethods
Purposes of using OER
BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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80%
RI SPTU CC
Ideas & inspiration
Supplementcoursework
Prepare forteaching
Optional self-studyfor learners
Sharing of materials publicly - Overview
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Not publicly butw/colleagues
Only w/students
Publicly, w/open license
Publicly, no license
Sharing of teaching materials publicly
BY YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
1-3 years 4-6 years 7-10 years over 10
Not publicly butw/colleagues
Only w/students
Publicly w/open license
Publicly, no license
Sharing of teaching materials
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10%
20%
30%
40%
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60%
RI SPTU CC
Not publicly butw/colleagues
Only with students
Publicly w/open license
Publicly, no license
BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION
Challenges and Enabling Factors
Challenges Faced - Overview
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Finding relevant OER
Finding OER
Low quality
No time to look
No time to try
Not up-to-date
Irrelevant to context
Permissions confusion
Unsupportive colleagues
Unsupportive institution
Challenges – Finding Relevant OER
33%
61%
73%
DIFFICULTY FINDING SUITABLE OER
Research Institutions SPTU Comm. Coll.
Comm. Coll.
RI
SPTU
Challenges – Finding High Quality OER
25%
57%
73%
DIFFICULTY FINDING HIGH QUALITY OER
Research Institutions SPTU Comm. Coll.
Comm. Coll.
RI
SPTU
Perceived Quality of OER
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Significantlyworse
Slightly worse Comparable Slightly better Significantlybetter
• Those who have adopted OER rate the quality of OER as significantly higher: F(1, 35) = 7.88, p = .008, 𝑛𝑝
2 = 0.18
Enabling Factors
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Relevant to needs
Reputable producer
Easy to download
CC license
Adaptation permitted
Learning objectives listed
Personal recommendation
Recently updated
Interactive content
Successful experience
Enabling Factors – Reputable Source
33%
70%
64%
RESOURCE CREATED BY REPUTABLE SOURCE
Research Institution SPTU Comm. Coll.
Comm. Coll.
RI
SPTU
Enabling Factors – Creative Commons
50%
50%
82%
RESOURCE HAVING A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCE
Research Institution SPTU Comm. Coll.
Comm. Coll.
RI
SPTU
An Openness to Openness?
• Openness (from “Big 5” factors of personality)
• Curious, reflective, creative, deep, open-minded, & unconventional
• Those who are more open to experience (a major factor of personality) are more likely to have adapted OER: F(1, 63) = 4.71, p = .03, = 0.07
