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What About Reuse? A Study on the Use of Open Educational Resources in Dutch Higher Education Cover

What About Reuse? A Study on the Use of Open Educational Resources in Dutch Higher Education

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Open Access
|Dec 2020

Figures & Tables

Table 1

General characteristics of participants in run 1 and run 3 (n = 243)

CharacteristicCategoriesTotal
n%
GenderMale9539.1
Female14158.0
Other / do not want to say72.9
Age≤ 25 years00.0
26 - 35 years4819.8
36 - 45 years7731.7
45 - 55 years7129.2
> 55 years4719.3
Teaching experience0 - 2 years3414.0
3 - 5 years6727.6
6 - 10 years5623.0
> 10 years8535.0
Table 2

Use of resources (%) within each run

ResourcesRun
Nursing (n=116)ICT (n=74)NL (n=129)
Presentations95.7%85.1%88.4%
Exercises83.6%93.2%77.5%
Videos81.9%75.7%73.6%
Pictures79.3%60.8%58.9%
Articles68.1%47.3%58.1%
Assessments61.2%24.3%59.7%
Study book45.7%41.9%48.1% (non-digital)
51.9% (digital)
Digital tool-33.8%40.3%
(part of) course of 3rd party11.2%32.4%33.3%
(part of) course of colleagues27.6%40.5%24.8%
Interactive games27.6%8.1%16.3%
Other12.9%21.6%13.2%

[i] Note: n = number of teachers reporting to use this resource in their self-selected course

Table 3

Measure of reuse (%), combined for all three runs (n=314)

ResourcesMeasure of reuse (%)
Self-developed no reuseSelf-developed reuse mainlyThird parties no adaptationThird parties with adaptations
Presentations41.7%22.5%6.2%29.6%
Exercises45.6%15.4%14.8%24.3%
Videos12.5%7.8%68.5%11.3%
Pictures10.6%8.5%53.7%27.2%
Articles3.5%4.5%82.5%9.5%
Assessments59.1%12.2%16.0%12.7%
Study book19.0%9.5%54.4%17.1%
(part of) course of 3rd party1.3%6.7%50.7%41.3%
(part of) course of colleagues6.3%6.3%30.2%57.3%
Interactive games45.1%9.9%29.6%15.5%
Other34.0%10.6%44.7%10.6%
Total (n)537233763441

[i] Note: The options digital tool and non-digital study book are left out, because these options were not included in all three runs.

Table 4

Origin of learning materials (%) in Nursing and ICT

OriginNursing (n=830) (N=116)ICT (n=394) (N=74)NL (n=889) (N=124)
I have developed this material myself and have not or hardly reused material from third parties23.3%19.3%33.0%
I developed this material myself and mainly reused material from third parties12.3%7.6%12.1%
I have got this material from third parties and did not make any adaptations to it myself41.6%44.2%37.1%
I have got this material from third parties and have made adaptations to it myself22.9%28.9%17.8%

[i] Note: N= # respondents; n= # responses. The question was answered for each learning material they use, therefore n>N. The % is taken from N.

Table 5

Origin of learning materials and teaching experience

OriginTeaching experience
0-2 years (n=233) (N=34)3-5 years (n=443) (N=66)6-10 years (n=390) (N=54)> 10 years (n=622) (N=82)
I developed this material myself and mainly reused material from third parties (e.g. by mixing learning material from third parties)11.6%12.6%13.1%11.6%
I have developed this material myself and have not or hardly reused material from third parties16.3%26.6%29.5%32.8%
I have got this material from third parties and did not make any adaptations to it myself45.1%37.7%37.4%39.1%
I have got this material from third parties and have made adaptations to it myself27.0%23.0%20.0%16.6%

[i] Note: N= # respondents; n= # responses. The question was answered for each learning material they use, therefore n>N. The % is taken from N.

Table 6

Measure of access for used resources (%), combined for all three runs

ResourcesMeasure of access (n=311)
InstitutePrivate groupUnlimited accessDon’t know
Presentations82.2%12.2%2.4%3.1%
Exercises79.2%13.3%4.5%3.0%
Videos35.8%8.1%48.4%7.7%
Pictures40.1%10.1%41.0%8.8%
Articles24.7%18.3%50.0%7.0%
Assessments84.0%10.4%4.3%1.2%
(part of) course of 3rd party30.1%9.6%45.2%15.1%
(part of) course of colleagues70.3%14.3%4.4%11.0%
Digital studybooks47.7%24.2%20.1%8.1%
Interactive games50.0%18.3%25.0%6.7%
Other42.0%18.0%34.0%6.0%

[i] Note: The options digital tool and non-digital study book are left out, because these options were not present in all three runs.

Table 7

The percentage of teachers that check on open license (n=97)

ReuseCheck on open license when reuse (%)
(almost) alwayssometimes(almost) never
With adaptations39.2%25.8%35.1%
Without adaptation35.4%28.1%36.5%
Table 8

Volition to adopt OER (n=124)

VolitionTotal
n%
As a source of inspiration and to gain new ideas9677.4
Efficiency (time gain)8669.4
The resource is of high quality (e.g. from a reputable institution)7560.5
As a means to realize a desired pedagogical design5544.4
As an addition to the mandatory resources5241.9
The resources are from a colleague that I trust4838.7
It is the policy at our institute / faculty75.6
Other86.5
Language: English
Page range: 527 - 540
Submitted on: Jul 10, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 30, 2020
Published on: Dec 31, 2020
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2020 Marjon Baas, Robert Schuwer, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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