Presentation at the OER17 conference in London, UK on April 6, 2017

1. University
Teaching
Fellow
&
Psychology
Instructor,
Kwantlen
Polytechnic
University
Senior
Open
Education
Advocacy
&
Research
Fellow,
BCcampus
Faculty
Workshop
Facilitator,
Open
Textbook
Network
Structural
and
individual
factors
that
influence
the
selection
of
open
(and
commercial)
educational
resources
What
are
OER
advocates
up
against?
Rajiv
Jhangiani,
Ph.D.
@thatpsychprof

3. open.bccampus.ca
178
books
32
institutions
286
faculty
1079
sections
$4.1
M

4. Perceived quality of OER
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
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proprie
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BCcampus)Research)Report)
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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!
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Non-­‐users Users

5. 46 15.5 22.7 7.8 8.1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Not
purchased
the
required
textbook
Percentage
of
Respondents
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very
Often
ACTUAL
SPENDING
ON
TEXTBOOKS
(PAST
12
MONTHS)
RANGE:
$0-­‐$3000;
MEAN:
$698;
MEDIAN:
$500
Jhangiani
&
Jhangiani
(in
press)

6. 54% Not
purchase
the
required
textbook
30% Earn
a poor
grade
27% Take
fewer
courses
26% Not
register
for
a
specific
course
17% Drop
or
withdraw
from
a
course
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Jhangiani &
Jhangiani (in
press)
Survey
of
post-­‐secondary
students
in
BC

7. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Used
interlibrary
loan
copies
Leased
e-­‐chapters
Rented
e-­‐textbooks
Rented
print
textbooks
Used
library
reserve
copies
Leased
e-­‐textbook
Shared
textbooks
with
classmates
Downloaded
textbooks
from
the
internet
Purchased
used
copies
from
the
campus
store
Sold
used
textbooks
Purchased
textbooks
from
a
source
other
than
the
…
Unaffected
by
the
cost
of
textbooks
Jhangiani
&
Jhangiani
(in
press)

8. What
factors
influence
the
selection
of
open
(and
commercial)
educational
resources?

9. Teaching
intensive
34%
College
33%
Graduate
19%
Research
intensive
12%
Other
2%
The
sample
N
=
217
F2F
teaching:
60.4%
Blended:
17.2%
Online:
9.4%

10. The
sample
Business,
9.8
Computer
&
info
science,
1.7
Education,
8.6
Health,
12.6
Humanities,
16.1
Natural
sciences,
10.3Professional
studies,
0.6
Social
sciences,
22.4
Other,
17.8
Age:
23-­‐75;
M
=
50.92;
SD
=
10.85
Years
teaching:
0-­‐45;
M
=
15.69;
SD
=
9.72

11. Who
selects
the
course
materials?

12. 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

13. What
is
the
awareness
of
OER?

14. 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

15. Among
those
who
control
the
selection
of
course
materials,
39.8%
are
either
unaware
or
don’t
know
much
about
OER

16. What
factors
influence
the
selection
of
course
materials?

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Allen,
I.
E.
&
Seaman,
J.
(2014).
Opening
the
curriculum:
Open
educational
resources
in
U.S.
higher
education.

21. Understanding
that
there
is
variability,
how
would
you
rate
the
quality
(factually
correct,
up-­‐to-­‐date,
well-­‐written,
organized,
effective)
of:
Commercial
resources
Open
educational
resources
Excellent Good Average Satisfactory Poor Don’t
know
Excellent Good Average Satisfactory Poor Don’t
know
X
X
All:
t(84)
=
5.877,
p
=
.000
Currently
using:
t(23)
=
1.32,
p
=
.20

22. Do
you
think
you
will
use
this
type
of
resource
over
the
next
three
years?
Yes
Will
consider
Might
consider
Not
interested
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
Not
aware Heard Aware Previously
used Currently
use
OER Open
Textbooks

23. How
many
faculty
require
students
to
purchase
an
access
code?

24. 1
www.studentpirgs.org/reports/sp/access-­‐denied

25. 25.5%
require
an
access
code

26. What
is
the
awareness
of
textbook
unaffordability?

28. How
often
(per
semester)
do
you
receive
queries
from
students
about
whether
they
really
need
the
req’d course
textbook?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often AlwaysX
If
you
had
to
guess,
what
%
of
your
students
do
you
think
go
without
purchasing
a
req’d course
textbook? 22.07%
How
confident
are
you
in
your
estimate?
Not
at
all Slightly Moderately Very ExtremelyX
How
often
(per
semester)
do
you
receive
queries
from
students
about
whether
they
can
use
an
older
edition?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often AlwaysX

29. Source:
"Pencil"by sylviaduckworth.
Reproduced
with
permission.

30. @thatpsychprof
rajiv@kpu.ca
slideshare.net/thatpsychprofWWW