This document discusses a research report on the utilization and perceptions of Open Educational Resources (OER) among faculty at British Columbia post-secondary institutions, detailing key factors influencing course material selection. It includes findings from a survey of 217 faculty members, highlighting the significance of cost, comprehensiveness, and accessibility in resource selection. Additionally, it notes faculty experiences regarding student affordability concerns and awareness of OER usage and adoption intentions.

1. University
Teaching
Fellow,
Kwantlen
Polytechnic
University
Senior
Open
Education
Advocacy
&
Research
Fellow,
BCcampus
Rajiv
Jhangiani,
Ph.D.
@thatpsychprof
Psychology
Instructor,
Justice
Institute
of
British
Columbia
Sessional
Lecturer,
University
of
British
Columbia
Surita
Jhangiani,
Ph.D.
@SuritaJhangiani
Factors that influence
the selection of open
(and commercial)
educational resources
Jazmin
Quaynor/Unsplash

2. !
!
BCcampus)Research)Report)
!!
Prepared'by:'
Rajiv!S.!Jhangiani,!Ph.D.,!Kwantlen!Polytechnic!University!
Rebecca!Pitt,!Ph.D.,!OER!Hub!
Christina!Hendricks,!Ph.D.,!University!of!British!Columbia!
Jessie!Key,!Ph.D.,!Vancouver!Island!University!
Clint!Lalonde,!M.A.,!BCcampus!
EXPLORING)FACULTY)USE)OF)
OPEN)EDUCATIONAL)RESOURCES)
AT)BRITISH)COLUMBIA)POSTA
SECONDARY)INSTITUTIONS))
January!18,!2016!!
bit.ly/BC-OER-report
How do faculty in British
Columbia use OER?
What are their experiences with
and perceptions of OER?
What factors enable or act as
barriers to using OER?

3. Teaching
intensive
34%
College
33%
Graduate
19%
Research
intensive
12%
Other
2%
The sample
N = 217
26 institutions
Age range: 23-75
M = 50.92; SD = 10.85
Years teaching range: 0-45
M = 15.69; SD = 9.72

4. The sample
Business,
9.8
Computer &
info
science, 1.7
Education,
8.6
Health, 12.6
Humanities,
16.1Natural
sciences,
10.3Professional
studies, 0.6
Social
sciences,
22.4
Other, 17.8
F2F teaching: 60.4%
Blended: 17.2%
Online: 9.4%

5. 1. Who selects required
course materials?

6. 63%
19.30%
15.60%
11.50%
8.90%
7.80%
2.60%
2.60%
0.50%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Solely
responsible
Committee
(member)
Department
Course
developer
Another
faculty
member
Committee
(lead)
Committee
(not
member)
Instructional
designer
Administration

7. 2. What factors influence
your selection of course
materials?

8. 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Clear
&
accessible
writing
Comprehensiveness
of
coverage
Ease
of
fit
Recently
updated
Cost
to
student
Theoretical
orientation
Reputation
of
authors
Not
at
all
important
Slightly
important
Moderately
important
Very
important
Extremely
important

9. 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Canadian
edition
Used/recommended
by
others
Quality
of
ancillary
resources
Compatible
with
LMS
Relationship
with
publisher
Financial
incentives
Not
at
all
important
Slightly
important
Moderately
important
Very
important
Extremely
important

10. Cost
Recently
updated Reputation
of
author(s)
Comprehen
-­‐siveness of
coverage
Theoretical
orientationEase
of
fit
Quality
of
ancillaries
Use
recommended
Clear
&
accessible
writing
Canadian
edition
Works
with
LMS
Relationship
with
publisher
Sponsorships
/incentives
Positive
relationship
Negative
relationship

11. 3. How important are
ancillary materials?

12. 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Online
student
resources
Question
bank
Adaptive
quizzing
Activity
manual
PowerPoint
slides
Not
at
all
important
Slightly
important
Moderately
important
Very
important
Extremely
important

13. 25.5%
require an access code

14. 4. How often do you hear
from students about
textbook unaffordability?

16. How
often
(per
semester)
do
you
receive
queries
from
students
about
whether
they
really
need
the
required
course
textbook?
How
often
(per
semester)
do
you
receive
queries
from
students
about
whether
they
can
use
an
older
edition?
13.1 31.8 34.1 13.6 7.4
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always
7.4 17.7 40.6 25.7 8.6
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

17. If
you
had
to
guess,
what
percentage
of
your
students
do
you
think
go
without
purchasing
a
required
course
textbook?
How
confident
are
you
in
your
estimate?
0 20 40 60 80 100
22.07%
6.3 12 42.3 29.7 9.7
Not
at
all
Slightly
Moderately
Very
Extremely

18. Require
access
code
Reliance
on
ancillary
resources
Consider
cost
to
studentsPerceived
impact
of
textbook
costs
Emails
from
students
.15*
.28***
-­‐.19*
.47***
*
>.05
**
>.01
***
>.001
.15*
-­‐.16*

19. 5. How aware are you
of OER?

20. 14.90%
26.30%
40.60%
2.30%
16%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Not
aware Heard
the
term Aware Aware
+
previously
used
Aware
+
currently
use

21. 6. Do you think you will
adopt OER over the
next 3 years?

22. 1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
Not
aware Heard Aware Previously
used Currently
use
3
year
OER
adoption
intention
Awareness
of
OER
Yes
Will
consider
Might
consider
Not
interested

23. Predicting OER adoption:
A model

24. Resource-­‐related
factors
Ancillary
resource-­‐
related
factors
Awareness
of
OER
Perceived
quality
of
OER
Current
OER
adoption
Future
OER
adoption

25. @thatpsychprof
rajiv@kpu.ca
slideshare.net/thatpsychprofWWW
@SuritaJhangiani
sjhangiani@jibc.ca
Jonatan
Pie/Unsplash