International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 226

International Journal of Open Educational Resources
a series of questions about their use of
OER in their courses. The first question
asked them how they had used or created
OER. Eleven responded that they
had used OER, with seven responding
that they had adapted OER. Two had
created OER for study or teaching and
two had added OER to a repository.
One participant has created and published
OER with an open license.
The participants who had used
OER were then asked what types of
OER they had used. Videos had the
highest response rate with 11, and open
textbooks were second with nine. Full
responses are detailed in Table 7.
Table 6. How aware are you of open educational resources (OER)?
Answer Response %
I am not aware of OER 23 28.40
I have heard of OER but don’t know much about them 28 34.57
I am unaware of OER and have previously used them for
teaching
18 6.17
I am aware of OER and have previously used them for teaching 5 6.17
I am aware of OER and currently them for teaching 7 8.64
*OER is defined by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as “teaching, learning, and research resources
that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits
their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials,
modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to
support access to knowledge.”
Table 7. Which of the following types of OER have you used? (select all that apply)
Answer Response %
Open textbooks 9 75.00
Whole course 0 0.00
Elements of a course (e.g., a module or unit) 4 33.33
Videos 11 91.67
Podcasts 7 58.33
Images 5 41.67
Infographics 5 41.67
Interactive games 2 16.67
Lectures 2 16.67
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