Open Educational Resources: Qualitative evaluation of faculty interest in motivating students to create and use

ABSTRACTIncreasing interest among faculty, researchers, educators, and scholars in Open Educational Resources (OER) as significant tools for promoting openness, equity, and quality of education in both distance and face-to-face pedagogical settings has continually generated research attention on OER and Open Educational Practices. The motivational roles of faculty in motivating learners to create, use, and promote OER usage and development culture among students have not been established. This research evaluates faculty interest in motivating students to create and use OER and how the culture of OER usage and creation can be promoted among students of some selected universities. Findings from this study indicated that faculty showed positive attitudes towards motivating students to create and use OER. Some faculty gave several motivational factors that can influence their interest in motivating students to create and use OER and strategies for promoting the culture of OER usage and development among university students.KEYWORDS: Open Educational ResourcesOpen Educational practicesfacultymotivationOER developersOER users Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsOlasile Babatunde AdedoyinOlasile Babatunde Adedoyin bagged his Ph.D. in Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Near East University and he is currently working at the University of Kyrenia.Fahriye AltinayFahriye Altinay is the Chair of the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Near East University.Zehra AltinayZehra Altinay is the Director of the Societal Research and Development Center at Near East University.Rustam ShadievRustam Shadiev is currently a faculty member at the College of Education, Zhejiang University.Mert BaştaşMert Baştaş is currently the Vice Dean of Faculty of Education, at Near East University.Gokmen DagliGokmen Daglif is currently the Dean of Faculty of Education, at the University of Kyrenia.