International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 228

International Journal of Open Educational Resources
Table 9. Which challenges, if any, do you most often face in using OER (select all that apply)
Overcoming technology problems when downloading
resources
Answer Response %
2 16.67
Knowing where to find resources 6 50.00
Finding suitable resources in my subject area 5 41.67
Finding resources of sufficiently high quality 7 58.33
Find resources that are up-to-date 6 50.00
Getting work colleagues, including supervisors, to accept the
use of OER
1 8.33
Not being skilled enough to edit resources to suit my needs 1 8.33
Not knowing whether I have permission to use, change, or
modify resources
Not having enough time to search for and evaluate suitable
resources
Not having connections with peers using OER for support and
advice
Not having time to experiment with using OER in the
classroom
3 25.00
7 58.33
4 33.33
4 33.33
Lacking institutional support for my use of OER 3 25.00
All survey participants were
asked to assess which factors would
make them more likely to select a particular
OER. Relevancy of the resource
to the instructor’s needs had the most
responses at 66. Easily downloadable
resources ranked second, with 42 responses.
Participants also rated interactive/multimedia
content (38), description
of the learning objectives (37), and
positive user ratings (36) highly. The
criterion selected least was the resource
having a catchy title or attractive images.
Participants were asked to choose
the one item they thought would be the
biggest challenge for OER adoption at
UNA. With 21 responses, discoverability
was seen as the biggest challenge.
Other challenges included faculty perception
(15), OER availability (10), and
time (10). None of the respondents
chose scalability or advocacy as a challenge
for adoption, and planning, technology,
and ownership of the OER initiative
were each selected only once.
Finally, all survey participants
were asked how they perceive the quality
of OER. Fifty respondents indicated
that they do not know, followed by 23
respondents rating them about the same
as traditional material. Six respondents
said they perceive OER quality as worse
than traditional material. Only two responses
rank OER quality as better than
that of traditional textbooks (see Table
11).
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