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Donatas StankevičiusVytautas Magnus University
Challenges and perspectives for OER development and re-
use
I used data from my Applied Research Methodology project (about students IT habits in higher education), 23 respondents answers were used: 20 females and 3 males. 91 percent of respondents were 20-35 years old.Answers shows that even though sometimes not all teachers uses all available IT technologies at their disposal, students still manages to get used to new technologies. Only less then quarter of respondents answered positively about using course or learning management systems, yet most of them uses presentation software & more than half uses college/university library websites, social websites, wikis. Majority of respondents showed that they like to learn though "googling", that is not surprising in today's "Internet Age". It also shows that there are still need to promote OER usage in learning process.
Link to survey:http://apklausa.lt/f/students-and-information-technology-in-higher-education-ed46vts.fullpage
Later slides show visual representation of respondents answers.
5. Approximately how many hours each week do you spend actively doing internet activities for school, work, or recreation?
12. Have you ever taken a course that used a course or learning management system (a system that provides tools such as online syllabi, sample exams, and gradebook)? Examples include WebCT, Blackboard, Moodle, or an institution-specific system).
14. Are you using course or learning management systems for any of yours courses this quarter/semester?
21. Do you own a handheld device that is capable of accessing the Internet (whether or not you use that capability)? Examples include smartphones, PDA, etc
26. Do you use the Internet from your handheld device even when a networked computer (laptop or desktop) is easily available?
27. Which of your institution's IT services would you be most likely to use if they were available on your handheld Internet device?
28. How many times this year have you contacted the campus IT organization for technical support related to your handheld Internet device?
33. Are you currently a full-time or part-time student? Part-time is fewer than 12 credit hours per quarter/semester
36. Which institution are you attending?
VMUOslo universityMRUUniversity of SurreyNorthumbria universityNewham college of further educationNorwich city college…
37. Is there anything you would like to tell us about your experience with IT in or out of courses?
“…. No …”
“… I'm doing adistance learning course so everything is done via the internet. I don't ever need to go to university campus unless i want to. …”