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A Tale of Two Globes: Exploring the North/South Divide in Use of OER
Dr. Beatriz de los ArcosDr. Rob FarrowDr. Beck PittProf. Martin WellerThe Open University, UK
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OERRH Survey Data: 7,700 responses from 175 countries
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N=7635 Global South 24% Global North 76%
Role38% informal learners29% formal learners32% educators
45% informal learners28.4% formal learners23.2% educators
Gender62% male36.6% female
44% male55% female
Age 28% 25-34 years-old 22.3% 25-34 years-old
Educational Qualification38% postgraduate32% undergraduate
34.5% postgraduate26% undergraduate
Employment status48.3% full-time13% part-time
47.2% full-time17.7% part-time
English native speakers 31% 75%
Internet Access 56% mobile49% home broadband
70% mobile89% home broadband
Educators Global South Global North
Gender 58% male42% female
48% male52% female
Age 28% 35-44 years-old 26% 45-54 years-old
Educational Qualification 60% postgraduate24% undergraduate
64% postgraduate20% undergraduate
Employment status 67% full-time16% part-time
61% full-time23% part-time
English native speakers 39% 76%
Teaching experience 49% >10 years 57% >10 years
Shopped online
Used spreadsheet software
Used a VLE to teach
Used cloud-based storage
Shared an image online
Downloaded a podcast
Recorded and uploaded a podcast
Downloaded a file using a torrent client
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74.5
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Digital literacies*
I have adapted open educational resources to fit my needs
I have created open educational resources for study or teaching
I have created resources myself and published them on an open license
I have added a resource to a repository
I have added comments to a repository regarding the quality of a resource
I have added comments to a repository suggesting ways of using a resource
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Engagement with OER
The OER Engagement Ladder (Wild, 2012)
http://www.open.ac.uk/score/files/score/file/OER%20Engagement%20Study%20Joanna%20Wild_full%20research%20report.pdf
“[Wild’s] model does not allow for consideration of contextual factors enabling and inhibiting OER use in development contexts”. (Perryman & Seal, 2015)
Open educational practices and attitudes to openness across India: reporting the findings of the OER Research Hub pan-India survey. OER15, 14-15 April 2015, Cardiff.
Not having enough time/opportunities to experiment
Finding suitable resources in my subject area
Finding resources of sufficiently high quality
Finding resources that are relevant to my local context
Not being skilled enough to edit resources
Overcoming technology problems when downloading resources
Not having connections with OER-using peers
Getting work colleagues/managers to accept the use of OER
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Challenges in using OER*
Global South Global North
I have adapted OER to fit my needs 80.2% 87.8%
I have created resources for teaching 34% 42%
I have created resources and published them under
an open license* 8.9% 17.6%
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OER allow me to better accommodate diverse learner needs
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Technology barriers
Not relevant to local context
Impact of OER on teaching
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Not having enough time/opportunities to experiment
Finding suitable resources in my subject area
Finding resources of sufficiently high quality
Finding resources that are relevant to my local context
Not being skilled enough to edit resources
Overcoming technology problems when downloading resources
Not having connections with OER-using peers
Getting work colleagues/managers to accept the use of OER
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Challenges in using OER*
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