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Perceptions of OER in India 2014-2015

India, 2014 - 2015
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D)
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Identification

IDNO
ind-roer4d-poeri-2014-2015-v1
Title
Perceptions of OER in India 2014-2015
Country
Name Country code
India ind
Study type
Public Opinion Survey
Series Information
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. Faculty Perceptions of OER in India. (ROER4D Sub-project 3) [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: ROER4D [producer], 2015. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2016. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/wz4y-rz39
Abstract
The study aims to map the current preconceptions and behavioural determinants that influence academics' engagement with Open Educational Resources (OER) in India. The key objectives of this research were to examine teachers' attitudes towards OER in selected Indian universities, establish teacher perspectives on OER use in order to establish the uptake of OER in India, identify barriers to the creation and use of OER in India, identify the factors motivating teachers' uptake of OER in India, analyse teachers' perceptions of quality of OER in India, and investigate relationships amongst teachers' attitudes, motivation, perceptions of quality and barriers to the use of OER. The project utilised a mixed methods approach consisting of a survey and unstructured interviews conducted with academics from four Indian universities. The resultant dataset includes a qualitative component (interview transcripts) and a quantitative component (survey data).
Kind of Data
Focus group and survey data
Unit of Analysis
Individuals

Version

Version Description
v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
Version Date
2016
Version Notes
Version 1 of the dataset was deposited with DataFirst on 23 August 2016.

Scope

Notes
Topics covered are teachers' attitudes towards OER, teachers' perceptions of quality of OER, and barriers to the use of OER amongst teachers in India.
Keywords
Keyword
open education
research
oer

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
The interviews and survey were conducted at four institutions in India and are not representative of the country as a whole.
Geographic Unit
The data covers selected universities in India and not the country as a whole.
Universe
The study engaged academics in the four institutions in India involved in the study.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) University of Cape Town
Producers
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
International Development Research Centre IDRC Funder

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2014-10 2015-04
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
The interviews were conducted with 27 instructors, and comprised between 49-55 questions. The survey component consisted of a survey created with an online tool and distributed via email and during workshop sessions. The survey gathered 117 usable responses.

Access policy

Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org support.data1st.org
Contacts
Name Email URL
DataFirst helpdesk support@data1st.org support.data1st.org
Access conditions
Public use files, available to all
Citation requirements
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. Perceptions of Open Educational Resources in India. (ROER4D Sub-project 3) [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: ROER4D [producer], 2015. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2016. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/wz4y-rz39

Metadata production

Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2020-04-11
DDI Document version
Version 4