Awareness of open educational
resources in HE in Scotland
How aware are
you of open
educational
resources (OER)?
from an online survey of 235 educators in 15 Higher Education institutions, conducted Nov 2015
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
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
"I'm prepared to use
material that is not
"perfect" providing that
it can be adapted to
suit my particular
circumstances"
"I tend to share the
resources I've created
myself"
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
"If they need to
develop some skills that
are not adequately
taught or addressed in
the course that I
teach"
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_HEI_Report
"There's no support for
learners who need it,
and this can create
frustrations & put up
further barriers to
learning"
"Institutional steer on
this would help!"

Infographic: Awareness of OER and OEP in HE institutions Scotland

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    Awareness of openeducational resources in HE in Scotland How aware are you of open educational resources (OER)? from an online survey of 235 educators in 15 Higher Education institutions, conducted Nov 2015 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 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 "I'm prepared to use material that is not "perfect" providing that it can be adapted to suit my particular circumstances" "I tend to share the resources I've created myself" 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 "If they need to develop some skills that are not adequately taught or addressed in the course that I teach" 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_HEI_Report "There's no support for learners who need it, and this can create frustrations & put up further barriers to learning" "Institutional steer on this would help!"