Helen Moore, David Curtis, Alison Hazelaar, Maria Mawson, Simon Robinson
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Abstract
Interest in open educational resources (OER) has grown recently due to many external factors, including the restrictive, unsustainable and expensive business models for teaching materials that are being used by some publishers. In February 2021, the libraries of the UK White Rose University Consortium (White Rose Libraries) initiated a research project to explore the potential of OER and to create guidance in the form of an OER toolkit that could be used across all three institutions, and more widely. The project also aimed to seek improvements in the discovery of OER in the Ex Libris Primo discovery service which is used by all three libraries. This article outlines the methodology used to ascertain the needs of the libraries’ user groups to inform the development of the toolkit. A survey of academic staff across all three institutions was conducted, followed by user experience interviews. The survey findings established that more than half of respondents knew little or nothing about OER, and over half also said that they would be likely or extremely likely to consider using or adapting OER, clearly demonstrating the need for more awareness raising and guidance. The survey interview findings were then used to develop and refine the toolkit.
由于许多外部因素,包括一些出版商正在使用的教学材料的限制性、不可持续和昂贵的商业模式,对开放教育资源(OER)的兴趣最近有所增长。2021年2月,英国白玫瑰大学联盟(White Rose libraries)的图书馆发起了一项研究项目,探索开放式教育资源的潜力,并以开放式教育资源工具包的形式创建指导方针,该工具包可以在所有三个机构中使用,甚至更广泛。该项目还旨在改进所有三个图书馆都在使用的Ex Libris Primo发现服务中的OER发现。本文概述了用于确定图书馆需求的方法。用户组,以通知工具包的开发。对这三所大学的学术人员进行了调查,随后进行了用户体验访谈。调查结果表明,超过一半的受访者对OER知之甚少或一无所知,超过一半的受访者还表示,他们很可能或极有可能考虑使用或调整OER,这清楚地表明需要更多的意识提高和指导。然后使用调查访谈结果来开发和完善工具包。