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).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.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.This dataset was first published by DataFirst.

本研究旨在描绘影响印度学者参与开放教育资源（OER）的当前先入之见和行为决定因素。本研究的主要目标在于审视教师在选定印度大学中对OER的态度，确立教师对OER使用的观点以促进OER在印度的采用，识别印度OER创作和使用的障碍，确定激发教师采用OER的动机因素，分析教师对印度OER质量的认知，以及探究教师态度、动机、对质量的认知和使用障碍之间的关系。项目采用了包括调查和访谈在内的混合方法，访谈对象为四所印度大学的学者。所得数据集包含定性成分（访谈记录）和定量成分（调查数据）。该发布的数据集包括教师调查工具及其伴随的微观数据，以及教师调查访谈日程及其伴随的微观数据。27次访谈的微观数据已被合并为单个文件。该数据集被认为对高等教育教师、行政管理人员和政策制定者具有潜在兴趣，尤其是在印度的背景下。该数据集首次由DataFirst发布。