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Faculty sharing of scientific educational Faculty sharing of scientific educational materials: drivers and barriers.materials: drivers and barriers.
Presentation to:OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, Cambridge
Monday 22 March 2010
By:Dr Viv Rolfe BSc PhD
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Faculty of Health & Life ScienceFaculty of Health & Life Science• Health sciences
– Biomedical Science– Medical Science – Forensics Science– Pharmacy
• Health professions– Audiology– Nursing & Midwifery– Speech and Language Therapy– Clinical Physiology and Clinical
Technology
• Health studies– Psychology– Social work– Criminology
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OEROER
• The philosophy of the HEFCE/JISC Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative is to promote the open release and sharing of high quality learning materials worldwide (1).
• The UK Centre for Bioscience is part of the pilot project comprising of a number of consortium partners to develop “An Interactive Laboratory and Fieldwork Manual for the Biosciences”(2).
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VALVAL
• The HEA Bio project includes the “Virtual Analytical Laboratory” (VAL) from DMU.
• On-line laboratory skills resource with ~70 video, animation, audio and screen-capture materials.
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VALVAL• Freely available on the internet under the
Creative Commons UK “share, remix, reuse”.
• Used in 2 science programmes – Biomedical Science and Medical Science.
• Has had over 3000 visits from 80 countries around the world (Google Analytics) but is poorly used within the faculty.
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AimAim
• What are staff perceptions and attitudes at a faculty level in relation to using VAL to assist with laboratory skills teaching.
• What are the attitudes to sharing educational materials in general.
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MethodsMethods
• 6 staff members were interviewed to form themes for questioning.
• Survey questions were based on a 5-point Likert scale or were open ended. Some questions were written collaboratively.
• Questionnaires were circulated to staff both on-line using Survey Monkey and in a paper form.
• Incentivised with chocolates and a competition.
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Results - demographicsResults - demographics
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Results - responsesResults - responses
• 192 full time academics and 115 part time n=307 staff members in the faculty.
• 52 respondents = 17% staff.
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ResultsResults
Q1. What is your gender?
36%
64%
MaleFemale
50/52
Q2. How old are you?
0%20%
40%
36%
4%
18-29 years30-3940-4950-5960-69
50/5250/52
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ResultsResultsQ3. How many years have you worked in
the Faculty of HLS?
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
2 years or less
3-5 years
6-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
More than 40
(% Respondents 50/52)
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What are your main subject specialisms?
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Results – all about OERResults – all about OER
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What does the term "Open Educational Resources" mean to you?
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(% Responses 47/52)
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(% Respondents 47/52)
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Results – perceptions of VALResults – perceptions of VAL
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VALVAL
• 4 staff use it, the rest didn’t.
• 19 – never heard of it.• 9 – not relevant for my area.• 8 – would like to adapt the resources.• No issues about quality or that lab skills
should be taught in the lab.
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Results – level of borrowing Results – level of borrowing and sharing going onand sharing going on
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If you have answered YES, to whom do you make your resources available (tick all that apply)?
0
20
40
60
80
Academiccolleagues who
you workclosely with
Academiccolleagueswithin the
faculty
Academiccolleaguesoutside the
faculty but inDMU
Other academiccolleagues e.g.
through asubject network
Openlyavailable toanyone whowants them
globally
Other
Do you make your own materials available to others to SHARE?
86%
14%
YesNo
(% Responses 44/52)
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(% Responses 44/52)
If you have answered YES, where do you obtain resources from (tick all that apply)?
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Academiccolleagues who
you workclosely with
Resourcestaken from the
internet
Resourcessupplied
through atextbook
manufacturer
Other academiccolleagues e.g.
through asubject network
Academiccolleagueswithin the
faculty
Academiccolleaguesoutside the
faculty but inDMU
Do you ever use resources that have originated elsewhere?
86%
14%
YesNo
(% Responses 44/52)
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(% Responses 48/52)
Indicate whether you CREATE the following or not, or whether you would like to learn.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Powerpoint or other presentation slidesWord documents / notes
Essay questionsMultiple choice questions
PhotographsDrawings / images
Video clipsWeb pages
Spreadsheet exercisesPodcasts / audio files
Screen-capture images / videoAnimations
Repackaging resources e.g. Xerte
YesNoLike to learn
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Results – attitudesResults – attitudes
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Indicate how do you feel about SHARING your educational resources?
1 2 3 4 5
I don’t wish to give colleagues the advantage of using my resources
I don’t wish to share resources that I've spent a long time preparing
Why give away resources to other universities
I have concerns over copyright
I have no support for making materials openly available
I would need to be acknowledged as the author
I’d be happy for someone to adapt my resources
Sharing resources enhances my reputation as a good teacher
It enhances the reputation of my institution
I believe in open education
Rating Average(1 = S Disagree 5 = S Agree)
(45/52)
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How do you feel about BORROWING educational resources developed by others?
1 2 3 4 5
I prefer to work individually and use my own resources
I don’t really know where to look for them
I'd only use resources recommended by someone I knowand trust
It is not easy to adapt resources to meet my needs
I have trouble finding resources of high enough quality
I'd only use resources from someone I know and trust
Borrowing resources saves time and money
Rating Average(1 = S Disagree 5 = S Agree)
(45/52)
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What infrastructure, help and rewards would we need to put in place to share / borrow more?
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Wider use of external repository e.g. JORUM (open to all)
Blackboard (resources only available to DMU staff and students)
An institutional repository (resources only available to DMU staffand students)
The use of an open website e.g. YouTube, Picassa, (open to all)
Incentives for people who develop the resources
Staff development
IT / technical assistance
Clarity over copyright
(% Responses 45/52)
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SummarySummary• Small response (n=52) from Faculty of HLS. Potential
for a +ve bias.
• Reasonable understanding of OER - free / available / resources; only 5% heard of “OER” phrase.
• Awareness of DMU repositories good, but few aware of JORUM.
• Clarity on copyright issues required.
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SummarySummary
• VAL is poorly used due to lack of publicity in the Faculty!
• Strategies for adaptation and reuse to be explored.
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SummarySummary
• Majority of staff already share resources with close colleagues but no further a field. (Similar finding to Bell & Rothery, n=130).
• Majority of staff borrow from close colleagues, internet and textbooks, but not university wide. Happy to use web materials but not put resources there. (Similar to above).
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SummarySummary
• Staff were favourable about sharing resources – “I believe in open education” “I’d be happy for someone to adapt” “saves time and money”. Minority “didn’t wish to share” or “wish to give colleagues an advantage”.
• Copyright, IT support, staff development and incentives were raised are potential barriers.
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Faculty
DRIVERSBelief in OERHappy for people to reuse/adaptSaves time and money
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DMU
BARRIERSCopyright confusionNeed more staff trainingLack of IT supportLack of an incentive
Belief in sharingand incentives are the strongestinfluence on sharing (5)
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ReferencesReferences
(1) Open educational resources programme (2009). Available at:http://www.jisc.ac.uk/oer [Accessed 14th October 2009]
(2) UK Centre for Bioscience OER Project (2009). Available at:http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/detail/OER_SUB_Bioscience [Accessed 14th October 2009]
(3) Virtual Analytical Laboratory (2009). Available at: http://hlsweb.dmu.ac.uk/ahs/elearning/RITA/Index.html [Accessed 14th October 2009]
(4) Seonghee K & Boryung J (2008). An analysis of faculty perceptions. Library and Information Science Research. (30), 282-290.
(5) Bell V & Rothery A (2006). E-sharing: Developing use of e-repositories and e-libraries for learning and teaching. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of European University Information Systems. 123-129.
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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
Questionnaire Design Collaborators• HEA Bioscience Subject Centre• Dr Andrew Rothery, University of Worcester• Peter Reed, Edge Hill University
Mobilising VAL Project Designers• Phil Tubman• Simon Griffin
Funding• HEFCE/JISC Open Educational Resources Pilot Project + UK Centre for Bioscience.• De Montfort University Research Informed Teaching Award