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Perceptions of Open Educational Resources in India 2014-2015

India, 2014 - 2015
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Reference ID
IND_2014_ROER4D_v01_M
Producer(s)
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D)
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
Metadata
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    IND_2014_ROER4D_v01_M
    Title

    Perceptions of Open Educational Resources in India 2014-2015
    Country/Economy
    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 behavioral 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, analyze 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 utilized 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

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 01: Edited, anonymized 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
    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
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    International Development Research Centre Funding study

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The survey questionnaire comprised of the following parts:
    Part A: General Information
    Part B: Attitude towards Open Educational Resources (ATOER) Scale
    Part C: Motivation towards OER
    Part D: Perception of Quality of OER
    Part E: Barriers to use and adopt OER
    Part F: General Comments
    Interview Schedule

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2014-10 2015-04
    Mode of data collection
    • 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.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town 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

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst helpdesk support@data1st.org support.data1st.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_IND_2014_ROER4D_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Metadata adapted for Microdata Library
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-04-11

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from the DataFirst website (https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/central). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document and Survey ID.
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