by Christina Hendricks Department of Philosophy Jessie A. Key Department of Chemistry Rajiv Jhangiani Department of Psychology

1. 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

2. • The rationale
• The research team
• The timeline
• 78 participants representing 17 institutions
• Detailed report to be released later this summer
Background

3. Sample characteristics

4. Use, creation
and sharing of
OER

5. Use of OER - Overview
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Used OER
Adapted OER
Created OER
Published OER with open
license
Not used or created OER

6. Use, adaptation, creation correlations
0.39
Used
OER
Created
OER
Adapted
OER 0.45
0.43
N = 118 All correlations
significant at
p<.001

7. Use, Adaption, Creation
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
1-3 years 4-6 years 7-10 years over 10
Used
Adapted
Created
BY YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE

8. Use, Adaption, Creation
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Rsrch Inst. SPTU Comm. Col.
Used
Adapted
Created
BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION

9. 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

10. 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 teaching
methods

11. Purposes of using OER
BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
RI SPTU CC
Ideas & inspiration
Supplement
coursework
Prepare for
teaching
Optional self-study
for learners

12. Sharing of materials publicly - Overview
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Not publicly but
w/colleagues
Only w/students
Publicly, w/open license
Publicly, no license

13. 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 but
w/colleagues
Only w/students
Publicly w/open license
Publicly, no license

14. Sharing of teaching materials
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
RI SPTU CC
Not publicly but
w/colleagues
Only with students
Publicly w/open license
Publicly, no license
BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION

15. Challenges and
Enabling
Factors

16. 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

17. Challenges – Finding Relevant OER
33%
61%
73%
DIFFICULTY FINDING SUITABLE OER
Research Institutions SPTU Comm. Coll.
Comm. Coll.
RI
SPTU

18. Challenges – Finding High Quality OER
25%
57%
73%
DIFFICULTY FINDING HIGH QUALITY OER
Research Institutions SPTU Comm. Coll.
Comm. Coll.
RI
SPTU

19. Perceived Quality of OER
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Significantly
worse
Slightly worse Comparable Slightly better Significantly
better
• Those who have adopted OER rate the quality of OER as
significantly higher: F(1, 35) = 7.88, p = .008, 𝑛 𝑝
2 = 0.18

20. 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

21. Enabling Factors – Reputable Source
33%
70%
64%
RESOURCE CREATED BY REPUTABLE SOURCE
Research Institution SPTU Comm. Coll.
Comm. Coll.
RI
SPTU

22. Enabling Factors – Creative Commons
50%
50%
82%
RESOURCE HAVING A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCE
Research Institution SPTU Comm. Coll.
Comm. Coll.
RI
SPTU

23. 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

24. Thank you!
c.hendricks@ubc.ca
rajiv.jhangiani@kpu.ca
Jessie.Key@viu.ca
beck.pitt@open.ac.uk