To what extent are faculty ready to participate in the OER movement?: The case of the Informatics School, UNA

Abstract

The success and sustainability of the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement depends to a large extent on large-scale participation in the use and production of educational resources. The aim of this paper was to explore faculty staff knowledge and behaviors about OER with a focus on resource sharing attitudes. The study was conducted at the School of Informatics of the National University of Costa Rica. Faculty were invited to respond to a questionnaire. The respondents indicated being open to the idea of sharing their own content and, as in other studies, demonstrated existing practices of sharing resources among their colleagues at the local level. However, there is little knowledge about OER and CC licenses, as well as concern about intellectual property rights, factors that hinder their participation in the movement.

Analysis on Use of Open Educational Resources during EmergencyRemote Education due to Covid-19: A Case Study in Turkey

“…During this rapid transition, OERs could be a great resource for academics to prepare their online teaching materials. However, the lecturers may not know how to reach them or how to integrate them into their courses, as this is an issue that educational technologists are concerned with even before the outbreak (Chotto & Rivera, 2017;Ganapathy et al, 2015;Sunar et al, 2020).…”