Most U.S. higher education faculty believe OER are a good idea but few actually use them¶

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q2 i? Although most U.S. higher education faculty believe OER are a good idea, only 14% use them in any way, and only 8% of those aware of institutional initiatives commit to using OER in the next three years. → Kimmons 2021

Evidence¶

Kimmons 2021¶

Kimmons, R. (2021). Shifting to open education in our digital learning. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-09949-8

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The editorial cites survey research by Spilovoy et al. (2020) on faculty selection of classroom materials, reporting that "only 14% actually use them in any way" despite favorable beliefs. No effect size is printed.

"even though most higher education faculty in my country (the U.S.) believe that open educational resources (OER) are a good idea, only 14% actually use them in any way, and only 8% of those aware of focused initiatives at their institutions will commit to using OER in the next three years (Spilovoy et al. 2020)."

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