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
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
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
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Use, adaptation, creation, by type of institution
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Research
University Teaching
University College/Institute
Adopted
Adapted
Created
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Barriers to OER use, by type of institution
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Research
university
Teaching
university
College/Institute
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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
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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
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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