A Tale of Two Globes: Exploring the North/South Divide in Use of OER

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A Tale of Two Globes: Exploring the North/South Divide in Use of OER

Beatriz de los ArcosRob FarrowBeck PittMartin 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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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

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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

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