International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 229

Coordinating OER Efforts Across a Mid-Sized College Campus
Table 10. To what extent do you feel that the following are deterrents to the adoption of
OER in the courses you teach?
Question
Not aware of
OER
Unsure of how
to use OER
Too difficult
to find what I
need
Not enough
resources for
my subject area
No available
ancillary
resources
Unprofessional
appearance
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Somewhat
disagree
Neither
agree nor
disagree
Somewhat
Agree
Agree
Strongly
agree
Average
value
5 9 3 11 11 16 26 5.05
4 7 4 9 15 18 23 5.13
- 8 2 34 14 10 11 4.62
2 6 1 32 16 17 5 4.58
1 8 4 34 10 17 6 4.49
3 12 3 45 7 8 2 3.91
Not current 2 11 3 40 11 11 2 4.10
Not high
quality
Not
understanding
permissions for
use
Lack of
institutional
support
Too difficult to
change or edit
To difficult to
integrate into
technology I
use
2 7 7 38 9 12 5 4.26
3 10 7 37 12 9 2 4.00
6 12 5 36 8 8 5 3.90
3 8 4 46 10 8 - 3.96
1 10 5 46 9 8 1 4.00
Other 1 1 - 10 - 3 1 4.25
Table 11. Overall, how do you perceive the quality of OER?
Answer Response %
I do not know 50 61.73
Better than the quality of traditional textbooks and course
materials
About the same as the quality traditional textbooks and
course materials
Worse than the quality of traditional textbooks and course
materials
2 2.47
23 28.40
6 7.41
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