An investigation of faculty perspectives on barriers, incentives, and benefits of the OER movement in Turkey

The purpose of this survey study is to investigate faculty’s perceptions of the main incentives, barriers, and benefits to publishing their course materials for free within the open educational resources (OER) movement. Data were collected from an online survey of 1,637 faculty from 56 universities...

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Autores principales:	Engin Kursun, Kursat Cagiltay, Gulfidan Can
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2014
Materias:	Open Educational Resources (OER) OpenCourseWare (OCW) Barriers Incentives Benefits Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/bb5f8b1b20fd419c86f9c827b6593d0d
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bb5f8b1b20fd419c86f9c827b6593d0d2021-12-02T19:20:54ZAn investigation of faculty perspectives on barriers, incentives, and benefits of the OER movement in Turkey10.19173/irrodl.v15i6.19141492-3831https://doaj.org/article/bb5f8b1b20fd419c86f9c827b6593d0d2014-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1914https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 The purpose of this survey study is to investigate faculty’s perceptions of the main incentives, barriers, and benefits to publishing their course materials for free within the open educational resources (OER) movement. Data were collected from an online survey of 1,637 faculty from 56 universities in Turkey. Results showed that even though the majority of the participants’ perceptions of OER benefits and their attitudes toward publishing their course materials were positive, legal issues were perceived as an obstacle to effective application. Intellectual property protection mechanisms were perceived as the most important incentive to facilitate their contribution. Engin KursunKursat CagiltayGulfidan CanAthabasca University PressarticleOpen Educational Resources (OER)OpenCourseWare (OCW)BarriersIncentivesBenefitsSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 15, Iss 6 (2014)
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topic	Open Educational Resources (OER) OpenCourseWare (OCW) Barriers Incentives Benefits Special aspects of education LC8-6691
spellingShingle	Open Educational Resources (OER) OpenCourseWare (OCW) Barriers Incentives Benefits Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Engin Kursun Kursat Cagiltay Gulfidan Can An investigation of faculty perspectives on barriers, incentives, and benefits of the OER movement in Turkey
description	The purpose of this survey study is to investigate faculty’s perceptions of the main incentives, barriers, and benefits to publishing their course materials for free within the open educational resources (OER) movement. Data were collected from an online survey of 1,637 faculty from 56 universities in Turkey. Results showed that even though the majority of the participants’ perceptions of OER benefits and their attitudes toward publishing their course materials were positive, legal issues were perceived as an obstacle to effective application. Intellectual property protection mechanisms were perceived as the most important incentive to facilitate their contribution.
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title	An investigation of faculty perspectives on barriers, incentives, and benefits of the OER movement in Turkey
title_short	An investigation of faculty perspectives on barriers, incentives, and benefits of the OER movement in Turkey
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An investigation of faculty perspectives on barriers, incentives, and benefits of the OER movement in Turkey

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