Awareness of OER and OEP in Scotland: Survey Findings from the OEPS Project
The document reports on the findings of a survey conducted as part of the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) project. The survey aimed to understand awareness and use of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) among higher education and further education institutions in Scotland. Key findings include that 40% of higher education respondents reported being aware of OER, compared to 54% of further education respondents. The majority of both higher and further education respondents were aware of copyright and public domain licenses, but fewer were aware of Creative Commons licenses. Respondents reported most frequently using YouTube and TED for resources, with higher education respondents more likely to engage in OER-related professional development than non-users
Awareness of OER and OEP in Scotland: Survey Findings from the OEPS Project
- 1. Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Awareness of OER and OEP in Scotland: Survey Findings from the OEPS Project Dr. Beatriz de los Arcos @celTatis Dr. Beck Pitt @BeckPitt
- 2. Opening Educational Practices in Scotland About us The Opening Educational Practices in Scotland project facilitates best practice in Scottish open education. We aim to enhance Scotland’s reputation and capacity for developing publicly available and licenced online materials, supported by high quality pedagogy and learning technology. “”
- 3. Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Surveys • Find out about awareness of OER/OEP among HE and FE institutions in Scotland • Online (5 weeks) • Results are indicative but not necessarily representative
- 4. 4 Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Sample HE (N=235) FE (N=236) Gender 54.5% female 42.1% male 56.4% female 42.4% male Teaching Experience 29.5% >20 years 13.2% 16-20 years 32.2% >20 years 16.1% 16-20 years Employment status 55.4% full-time 44.6% part-time 71.6% full-time 28.4% part-time Teaching context 62.7% face-to-face 21.7 % blended 15.5% online 89.8% face-to-face 9.8 % blended .4% online Teaching level 73.9% undergraduate 31.2% National Certificate 16.9% Higher National 51.9% both Discipline 23% Natural Sciences 14% Health & Social Care 7% Social Sciences 12.3% Computer & ICT 12.3% Care 10.2% Engineering
- 5. 5 Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Awareness of OER - HE 40% 40% 20% Unaware I've heard of OER but… Aware
- 6. 6 Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Awareness of OER - FE 54%39% 7% Unaware I've heard of OER but… Aware
- 7. 7 Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Awareness of licensing HE FE Public Domain 60.6% 68.2% Copyright 82.4% 90.7% Creative Commons 50.3% 38.1%
- 8. 8 Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Use of repositories YouTube TED OpenLearn Jorum 85.2% 46.1% 30.4% 6.5% 94.9% 39.8% 28.4% 9.3% HE FE
- 9. 9 Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Sharing practices HE FE I don’t share 6.8% 1.3% I share through my institution’s VLE 65.5% 69.1% I share publicly online 9.4% 9.3% I share in person 37.4% 61.4% I share via email if asked privately 48.5% 56.4% “As long as we put hundreds of hours developing new teaching material, where only the delivery and not the development counts in our workload, giving it away for free seems like a bad idea... “
- 10. 10 Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Engaging in staff development or CPD HE OER users OER non-users Open licensing 41.7% 16.9% Use of already existing OER 83.3% 59.8% Creation of new OER 50% 30.1% Remixing of OER 41.7% 13.8% Open educational practice 41.7% 14.6% Open scholarship 9.1% 0% Open research 2.5% 9.9%
- 11. 11 Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Photo:CCBY-NC-SAPeterJacksonhttps://flic.kr/p/4v8LJx
- 12. Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Contact Us: Email: [email protected] Social media: @OEPScotland www.oepscotland.org
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