Faculty perceptions of OER in India 2014-2015, ROER4D Sub-project 3

This 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 select 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 use OER. The project utilised a mixed methods approach consisting of a survey and interviews conducted with academics from four Indian universities. The resultant dataset includes a qualitative component (interview transcripts) and a quantitative component (survey data).<br><br>This published dataset is comprised of the teacher survey instrument and accompanying microdata, and the teacher survey interview schedule with accompanying microdata. Microdata from the 27 interviews conducted have been combined into a single file.<br><br>The dataset is considered to be of potential interest to higher education teachers, administrators and policy-makers in higher education institutions, particularly in the context of India.<br><br>This dataset was first published by DataFirst.<br>

本研究旨在勾勒当前影响印度学术界参与开放教育资源（Open Educational Resources, OER）的固有认知与行为决定因素。本研究的核心目标包括：考察印度选定高校教师对OER的态度，明确教师对OER使用的相关看法以梳理印度OER的普及情况，识别印度OER创作与使用过程中面临的障碍，明确激励印度教师采用OER的影响因素，分析印度教师对OER质量的认知，并探究教师态度、使用动机、质量认知与OER使用障碍之间的内在关联。

本项目采用混合研究方法，对印度四所高校的学术界人士开展问卷调查与访谈。最终生成的数据集包含定性研究部分（访谈转录文本）与定量研究部分（调研数据）。

本次公开数据集包含教师调研工具及配套微观数据，以及教师调研访谈提纲及配套微观数据。本次调研的27次访谈所生成的微观数据已合并为单个文件。

本数据集有望受到高等教育机构内的高校教师、行政管理人员与政策制定者的关注，尤其在印度高等教育场景下。

本数据集首次由DataFirst发布。