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Faculty Attitudes Towards OER
The document discusses faculty attitudes towards Open Educational Resources (OER) and open textbooks in British Columbia, highlighting benefits and challenges associated with their adoption. Key findings suggest that OER can improve student performance and satisfaction while indicating a significant adoption trend across various institutions, although barriers to use persist. The study emphasizes the importance of institutional support and awareness to enhance the utilization of OER in educational practices.
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- 1. Faculty attitudes towards OER and open textbooks in British Columbia and beyond Rajiv Jhangiani BCcampus Open Textbook Fellow Beck Pitt OER Research Hub Christina Hendricks BCcampus Open Textbook Fellow Clint Lalonde BCcampus Open Education Conference Vancouver BC Nov 19, 2015 #opened15
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- 3. open.bccampus.ca BC Open Textbook Project 40 free & open textbooks for highest enrolled 1st & 2nd year post-secondary subjects in BC 2014 – 20 for skills & training First province in Canada 2014 – AB & SASK MOU $1 million 2014 - $1 million Visual notes of John Yap announcement, Giulia Forsythe Used under CC-SA license
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- 5. open.bccampus.ca Year Sections StudentsSavings 2013 19 593 $59,300 - $87,960 2014 89 3018 $301,800 - $432,672.50 2015 186 5664 $556,140 - $684,129.65 Total 294 9275 $927k - $1.2 mil
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- 7. Why do they adopt? What challenges do they face? How can we overcome those challenges?
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- 9. OER Research Hub Hypotheses: • Use of OER leads to improvement in student performance and satisfaction;; • The open aspect of OER creates different usage and adoption patterns than other online resources;; • OER adoption at an institutional level leads to financial benefits for students and/or institutions;; • Use of OER leads to critical reflection by educators, with evidence of improvement in their practice;; • Participation in OER pilots and programs leads to policy change at institutional level.
- 10. • Demographic characteristics;; • Institutional and teaching context;; • Use of OER;; • Awareness and use of open textbooks from the BC Open Textbook Project;; • Motivations for using OER;; • Challenges and enabling factors for using and adapting OER;; • Perceived quality of OER;; • Impact of OER use on students, classroom practice, and institutions;; • Institutional policies concerning OER;; • Awareness of open licensing;; • Sharing of teaching materials openly;; • Use of computers and the internet;; • Key personality characteristics.
- 11. What do we know so far? Usage Patterns Quality Barriers/Enabling Factors Policy
- 12. open.bccampus.ca Perceived quality of OER 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Compared to traditional, proprietary materials
- 13. open.bccampus.ca Adoption, adaptation, creation correlations 0.39 Adopted OER Created OER Adapted OER 0.45 0.43 All correlations significant at p<.001
- 14. open.bccampus.ca Use, adaptation, creation, by type of institution 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Research University Teaching University College/Institute Adopted Adapted Created
- 15. open.bccampus.ca Barriers to OER use, by type of institution 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Research university Teaching university College/Institute
- 16. open.bccampus.ca Enabling factors for OER use, by type of institution 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Research university Teaching university College/Institute
- 17. So what have we learned?
- 18. open.bccampus.ca The Question of OER Quality
- 19. open.bccampus.ca Adoption, Adaptation, & Creation Much more adoption than adaptation & creation Usage patterns reflect the reported barriers More awareness of cost savings to students than institutional benefits Absence of institutional policies reflect this
- 20. open.bccampus.ca The Path to Adoption, Adaptation, & Creation Knowing About AND Having Time To Locate AND Easily Access Relevant High-Quality WHILE Not Encountering Resistance from (And Preferably Receiving Support from) ColleaguesAdministrators AND Policy Other Stakeholders
- 21. open.bccampus.ca Source: "Pencil"by sylviaduckworth. Reproduced with permission.
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