Current OER Research from the OER Research Fellows
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CurrentOERResearchfromtheOERResearchFellows
JohnHiltonIII@johnhiltoniii
TheOpenEducationGrouphttp://openedgroup.org
WhatisthePurposeoftheOERResearchFellowsProgram?
•Encouragehighqualityresearcharoundtheareasof“provenefficacy”and“trustedquality.”•BuildcapacityingraduatestudentsandearlycareerresearchersbyconnectingthemwithOERresearchopportunities.•SimilartoTheGlobalOERGraduateNetwork(GO-GN),butfortheUSandCanadawithaspecificfocusonresearchrelatedtothecost,outcomes,useandperceptionsofOER.
StatusReport:18monthsintotheproject• Threearticleshavebeenpublished.• Twelvearticlesareacceptedforpublication.• Eightarticleshavebeensubmittedforpublication.•Moreontheway!
Thesearticlesarebeingsubmittedto/publishedinavarietyofvenues,includingthefollowing: AmericanEducationalResearchJournal,Computers&Education,EducationalTechnology,FirstMonday,InternationalJournalofTeachingandLearninginHigherEducation,InternationalReviewofResearchinOpenandDistributedLearning,TheJournalofComputinginHigherEducation,TheJournalofPoliticalScienceEducation,OpenPraxis, TeachingofPsychology
Let’shearfromsomeFellows
JudyOrtonGrissettStudentPerceptionsofCollege
FacultyWhoUseOER
Participants read two written passages about a college faculty member called “Dr. Wilson.” In one passage that participants read, Dr. Wilson used a traditional copyrighted textbook, and in another passage s/he used an open textbook (gender was uniformly varied).
JudyOrtonGrissettStudentPerceptionsofCollege
FacultyWhoUseOER
AfterreadingeachpassageaboutDr.Wilson,participantswerethenaskedtoratethefacultymemberonafive-pointLikertscale,onsixpersonalcharacteristics:kindness,knowledgeability,enthusiasm,patience,encouragement,andcreativity.
Lowernumbersshowstrongeropinion(e.g.,verykind)Traditional Open t Sig(2-tailed)
Kindness 2.217 1.522 -2.697 0.010Knowledgeability 1.565 1.435 -0.608 0.546Enthusiasm 1.609 1.304 -1.518 0.136Patience 2.609 2.217 -1.571 0.123Encouragement 2.26 1.73 -2.049 0.047Creativity 2.26 1.55 -2.431 0.019Likelihoodoftakingcourse
2.70 1.59 -3.131 0.003
JudyOrtonGrissettStudentPerceptionsofCollege
FacultyWhoUseOER
Whenaskedaboutwhytheratedthewaytheydid…Fewerthan25%ofstudentsmentionedtextbookcosts.
JudyOrtonGrissettStudentPerceptionsofCollege
FacultyWhoUseOER
KeyTakeaway:UsingOERmaychangethewayyourstudentsperceiveyou.
HuimeiDelgadoOERResearchFellowatPurdue
University
Fall2014$121Textbook
Fall2015FreeOER
NumberofStudentsEnrolled 1,488 1,521
HuimeiDelgadoOERResearchFellowatPurdue
University
Fall2014$121Textbook
Fall2015FreeOER
NumberofStudentsEnrolled 1,488 1,521Withdrawal(W) 7.80% 5.52%
HuimeiDelgadoOERResearchFellowatPurdue
University• StudentswhousedOERmaterialsperformedabout2%worseinthecourse.• ThemagnitudeoftheOEReffectinModel1(-1.784)islessthanhalfthemagnitudeofthecoefficientsonthe2:30and3:30PMclasstimeindicators.ThismeansthatifOERhaveadetrimentaleffectonstudentcourseperformance,theeffectissubstantiallysmallerthanmovingastudentfromonesectiontoanother.
HuimeiDelgadoOERResearchFellowatPurdue
University• Forthemajorityofstudents(76%)OERhadnoeffect.•PellGranteligiblestudentsperformedstatisticallybetterusingOERmaterialscomparedtostatisticallyidenticalstudentswhousedcommercialmaterials.Thiseffect,however,wassmall.• StrongevidencesuggeststhatOERusedinthisstudyhadasubstantial,positiveimpactonexamperformanceforinternationalstudents.
AQuestionweareDiscussing:HowcanwedobetterOERresearch?
§RigorousstudiesrelatedtoOpenPedagogy
AQuestionweareDiscussing:HowcanwedobetterOERresearch?
§RigorousstudiesrelatedtoOpenPedagogy§Usethetoolkit:http://openedgroup.org/toolkit§Eliminateconfounds§Controlforteachereffect
§ InterruptedTimeSeries§Sameteacherusingbothresourcesinthesamesemester
§Controlforstudentdifferences§Statisticallycontrolfordifferences§Pre-posttesttodetermineinitialdifferences
TakeAwayMessages
•OERResearchFellowsaredoinggreatwork!•WhenadoptingOERweneedtodirectlybuildspecificresearchplansand supportforthoseresearchplans.•MorerigorousworkisneededonhowOERinfluencepedagogyandstudentsuccessfactors,particularlywithopenpedagogy.• Ifyouhavedatathatyoudon’tknowwhattodowith,pleasecontactmeandletmehelpyouconnectwithanOERResearchFellow!