Factors shaping lecturers’ adoption of OER at three South African universities

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dc.contributor.authorCox, Glenda
dc.contributor.authorTrotter, Henry
dc.contributor.editorCheryl Hodgkinson-Williamsen_ZA
dc.contributor.editorPatricia Arintoen_ZA
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-20T13:27:04Z
dc.date.available2017-11-20T13:27:04Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-18
dc.description.abstractThe research presented here focuses on understanding the obstacles, opportunities and practices associated with Open Educational Resources (OER) adoption at three South African universities. It addresses the question: Why do South African lecturers adopt – or not adopt – OER? In trying to answer this, the authors also attempt to identify which factors shape lecturers’ OER adoption decisions, and how lecturers’ institutional cultures influence their OER use and creation choices. This study employed a qualitative research approach through in-depth personal interviews with 18 respondents at three different universities which together broadly represent the characteristics of South Africa’s university sector. Unique analytical tools – the OER adoption pyramid and OER adoption readiness tables – were developed to help with analysing and synthesising the data. Findings indicate that whether and how OER adoption takes place at an institution is shaped by a layered sequence of factors – infrastructural access, legal permission, conceptual awareness, technical capacity, material availability, and individual or institutional volition – which are further influenced by prevailing cultural and social variables. This study has value and application for researchers and institutions pursuing an OER agenda, policy-makers seeking tools to assess OER readiness in institutional contexts, and funding agencies aiming to boost institutional OER engagement. The dataset arising from this study can be accessed at: https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/555en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCox, G., & Trotter, H. (2017). <i>Factors shaping lecturers’ adoption of OER at three South African universities</i>. Cape Town & Ottawa: African Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26401en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCox, Glenda, and Henry Trotter. <i>Factors shaping lecturers’ adoption of OER at three South African universities</i>. Cape Town & Ottawa: African Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26401.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCox, G. & Trotter, H. (2017). Factors shaping lecturers' adoption of OER at three South African universities. In C. Hodgkinson-Williams & P. B. Arinto (Eds.), Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South. Chapter 9 advance publication. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.154562en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Book AU - Cox, Glenda AU - Trotter, Henry AB - The research presented here focuses on understanding the obstacles, opportunities and practices associated with Open Educational Resources (OER) adoption at three South African universities. It addresses the question: Why do South African lecturers adopt – or not adopt – OER? In trying to answer this, the authors also attempt to identify which factors shape lecturers’ OER adoption decisions, and how lecturers’ institutional cultures influence their OER use and creation choices. This study employed a qualitative research approach through in-depth personal interviews with 18 respondents at three different universities which together broadly represent the characteristics of South Africa’s university sector. Unique analytical tools – the OER adoption pyramid and OER adoption readiness tables – were developed to help with analysing and synthesising the data. Findings indicate that whether and how OER adoption takes place at an institution is shaped by a layered sequence of factors – infrastructural access, legal permission, conceptual awareness, technical capacity, material availability, and individual or institutional volition – which are further influenced by prevailing cultural and social variables. This study has value and application for researchers and institutions pursuing an OER agenda, policy-makers seeking tools to assess OER readiness in institutional contexts, and funding agencies aiming to boost institutional OER engagement. The dataset arising from this study can be accessed at: https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/555 CY - Cape Town & Ottawa DA - 2017-08-18 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town ED - Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams ED - Patricia Arinto KW - open educational resources KW - adoption of oer KW - institutional culture KW - oer pyramid LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PP - Cape Town & Ottawa PY - 2017 T1 - Factors shaping lecturers’ adoption of OER at three South African universities TI - Factors shaping lecturers’ adoption of OER at three South African universities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26401 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/26401
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCox G, Trotter H. Factors shaping lecturers’ adoption of OER at three South African universities. Cape Town & Ottawa: African Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open Educational Resources for Development; 2017.http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26401en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open Educational Resources for Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.publisher.locationCape Town & Ottawaen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAdoption and Impact of OER in the Global Southen_ZA
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subjectopen educational resourcesen_ZA
dc.subjectadoption of oeren_ZA
dc.subjectinstitutional cultureen_ZA
dc.subjectoer pyramiden_ZA
dc.titleFactors shaping lecturers’ adoption of OER at three South African universitiesen_ZA
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