25. What Factors Support Content Creation? Key finding: Workgroups as central % of authors who are consistent users CNX Workgroup size
26. How to Engage and Sustain Workgroups (COPs)? Key finding: Face to face meetings, communication and continuous feedback cycles for knowledge sharing, motivation and support Mark Horner, FHSST Project Founder
27. What Are the Incentives to Participation in OER Communities of Practice? Key finding (prelim): OER COPs as a mechanism for sharing resources and knowledge about teaching practices and approaches “ That’s the reason I started my workgroup which I called the 'literature circle [to share my approach and materials for teaching literacy]. […] Otherwise people would just give the children the book and say read the book and nothing happens after that. - Siyavula Interview Participant ”
28. What Use and Reuse Behaviors Exist? <1% Modularization 1% Language Translations Key finding: Simple reuse behaviors prevalent 23% General Editing Visual and Technical Changes 81% (N=7,016 versions) Type of Reuse Indicated by CNX Authors
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36. Current budget climate"I am hoping this discussion will inspire me to assess in a new way, and continue to find ways to value artwork for the purpose of grading […] without judging the work, if that makes sense” – OER Arts and SJ Project Participant
37. What Emergent Practices and Perceptions Are Aligned to OER? My colleagues and I collaborated to integrate the [open text] book with our existing syllabi and course curriculum […]Now we meet regularly to talk about lesson plans. –CCOT interview participant Key finding: OER facilitates and enhances collaborative behaviors among faculty
38. What Emergent Practices and Perceptions Are Aligned to OER? I have some good ideas that I feel I have tried and refined. I could share these with others and they the same. I often like to try new ideas and inquiry lessons. –OER PD survey participant Key finding: OER facilitates knowledge sharing aboutteaching practices
39. What Emergent Practices and Perceptions Are Aligned to OER? My goal is to get to almost total student led work where they are self-motivated and interested in the subject matter as opposed to relying on a text. –OER PD survey participant I’d like to support online homework groups where my students can meet to collaboratively work on assignments –CCOT interview participant Key finding: OER facilitates new student-led models for learning
40. What Emergent Practices and Perceptions are Aligned to OER? Key finding: OER supports ongoing improvement of resources and teacher professionalism “ I want to put all of my material up there, so that it is subject to the scrutiny of the entire world. And so they can manipulate it and change it.-SiyavulaInterview Participant ”
Although only 22% of content was created by author users working in groups, those who did work in groups were more likely to stay with CNX as consistent author usersAnd consistent author users creatred more content over time
Although only 22% of content was created by author users working in groups, those who did work in groups were more likely to stay with CNX as consistent author usersAnd consistent author users creatred more content over time
Communities of practice dependent on knowledge sharing and knowledge sharing dependent on communities of practice
57 percent (n=3,578) of visual/technical, editing, and language changes were done by authors not part of the original author group12 percent (n=10) of modularization changes were by authors not part of the original author group
Although only 22% of content was created by author users working in groups, those who did work in groups were more likely to stay with CNX as consistent author usersAnd consistent author users creatred more content over time