TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring use and creation of open educational resources in higher education
AU - McKerlich, Ross
AU - Ives, Cindy
AU - McGreal, Rory
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The open educational resources initiative has been underway for over a decade now and higher education institutions are slowly adopting open educational resources (OER). The use and creation of OER are important aspects of adoption and both are needed for the benefits of OER to be fully realized. Based on the results of a survey developed to measure the readiness of faculty and staff to adopt OER, this paper focuses on the measurement of OER use and creation, and identifies factors to increase both. The survey was administered in September 2012 to faculty and staff of Athabasca University, Canada's open university. The results offer a snapshot of OER use and creation at one university. The survey tool could provide a mechanism to compare and contrast OER adoption with other higher education institutions. Forty-three percent of those in the sample are using OER and 31% are creating OER. This ratio of use to creation is introduced as a possible metric to measure adoption.
AB - The open educational resources initiative has been underway for over a decade now and higher education institutions are slowly adopting open educational resources (OER). The use and creation of OER are important aspects of adoption and both are needed for the benefits of OER to be fully realized. Based on the results of a survey developed to measure the readiness of faculty and staff to adopt OER, this paper focuses on the measurement of OER use and creation, and identifies factors to increase both. The survey was administered in September 2012 to faculty and staff of Athabasca University, Canada's open university. The results offer a snapshot of OER use and creation at one university. The survey tool could provide a mechanism to compare and contrast OER adoption with other higher education institutions. Forty-three percent of those in the sample are using OER and 31% are creating OER. This ratio of use to creation is introduced as a possible metric to measure adoption.
KW - OER
KW - Open educational resources
KW - Open learning
KW - Open textbooks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84885358995&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.19173/irrodl.v14i4.1573
DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v14i4.1573
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84885358995
SN - 1492-3831
VL - 14
SP - 90
EP - 103
JO - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
JF - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
IS - 4
ER -