The Open Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) Project conducted a survey to find out about the level of awareness of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) among college staff in Scotland. In total 236 valid responses were collected in a seven-week period from February 1st, 2016 to March 20th, 2016. This infographic highlights some of the findings. If you are interested in reading the full interim report, please visit http://www.slideshare.net/OEPScotland/awareness-of-open-educational-resources-oer-and-open-educational-practice-oep-in-scottish-colleges-survey-results

1. Awareness of open educational
resources in Colleges in Scotland
How aware are
you of open
educational
resources (OER)?
from an online survey of 236 educators in 16 colleges, conducted March 2016
How aware are
you of...?
I am not aware of OER
I have heard of OER but
don't know much about
them
I am aware of OER
Public
DomainCopyright
Creative
Commons
30.9%
37.3%
18%
13.7%
52.1%
38.6%
6.8%
2.5%
15.2%
22.9%
21.6%
40.3%
When selecting
teaching resources,
how important
are these factors?
Do you share your
teaching materials?
Through
institution's
VLE
Via email In person Publicly
online
I don't share
69.1%
56.4%
61.4%
9.3%
1.1%
"Engaging for learners"
"Very handy if they
are linked to SQA
objectives and relevant
standards for certain
levels"
"I only share materials
I have produced myself"
"Despite requests for
feedback on development
on what I've shared,
very few responses
received"
Which types of OER
have you used?
Are you aware of
OER used by
students?
Yes
No
Do you encourage
students to use OER?
Yes
No
"They have not yet
used any so far but I
will look it up and see
what and how we can
use it to improve their
learning"
For which purposes
have you used OER?
Which of these
do you consider
a barrier to the
adoption of OER?
oepscotland.org Full report available at http://bit.ly/OEPS_Colleges_Report
"Time for training is
limited. Sourcing is time
consuming and can feel
overwhelming"