"I Find the Whole Enterprise Daunting": Staff Understanding of Open Education Initiatives within a UK University

Autor/inn/en	Harold, Sinead; Rolfe, Vivien
Titel	"I Find the Whole Enterprise Daunting": Staff Understanding of Open Education Initiatives within a UK University
Quelle	In: Open Praxis, 11 (2019) 1, S.71-83 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Harold, Sinead) ORCID (Rolfe, Vivien)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2304-070X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Universities; Open Education; Access to Information; Barriers; Publishing Industry; College Faculty; Researchers; Administrators; Doctoral Students; Paraprofessional Personnel; Open Educational Resources; Participation; Employee Attitudes; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; University; Universität; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Fakultät; Researcher; Forscher; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Laienhelfer; Teilnahme; Arbeitnehmerinteresse
Abstract	"Open" initiatives, which focus on increasing access to education, resources, and research, are often practised by individuals rather than universities. However, universities must now produce openly accessible research to comply with research funding and assessment requirements. To encourage staff participation, universities need to understand what participation barriers their staff face. 67 University of the West of England staff were surveyed about how they understood and participated in open initiatives. Four staff gave qualitative interviews about their experiences. This data was analysed to find correlates for participation and to identify participation barriers. Participants valued open initiatives and supported their underlying goal of increased public access. Staff faced many entry barriers, especially around resource maintenance, copyright, and permissions. Universities could reduce these issues by emphasising how open initiatives allow staff to save time and to avoid reduplicating resources, and by creating unified "open policies" that make staff permissions and restrictions clearer. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Council for Open and Distance Education. Lilleakerveien 23, 0283 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47-22-06-26-30; Fax: +47-22-06-26-31; e-mail: icde@icde.org; Web site: http://www.openpraxis.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01