Open Education Resources (OERs): Faculty Survey

Question 1
Are you concerned about the impact of textbook costs on your students' academic achievement?
Yes
No

Question 2
Have you ever discussed alternatives to high-cost textbooks with colleagues?
Yes
No

Question 3
Who has primary responsibility in selecting educational resources for use in the courses you teach?
I do
Department coordinator
Faculty Committee
Department Chair
Dean
Other( Please specify):

Question 4

When selecting teaching resources, what factors are most important to you?
I do not select my textbooks
Covers the subjects I wish to teach
Cost
Currency
Proven to improve student performance
Used by other course faculty members
Supplemental online teaching resources
Other(Please specify):

Question 5
Have you ever created a reader instead of using a required text?
Yes
No

Question 6
How aware are you of Open Education Resources (OERs)

NOTE: OER is defined as "teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others." Unlike traditionally copyrighted material, these resources are available for "open" use, which means users can edit, modify, customize, and share them.

Choose one:
I am not aware of OERs
I have heard of OER, but don't know much about them
I am somewhat aware of OER but I am not sure how they can be used
I am aware of OER and some of their uses
I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used in the classroom

Question 7
Do you think you will use OER Textbooks in the next three years?
Yes
No

Question 8
Do you currently use OERs in your classes?
Yes
No

Question 9
Select any of the following OER and Public Domain resources are you familiar with:
[Select all that apply]
Wikibooks
OER Commons
OpenStax
Bloomsbury Academic
Open Academics
College Open Textbooks
Global Textbook Project
Connexions
Project Gutenberg
None of the above

Question 10
If you do not use OERs, please share why (Check all that apply)
Too difficult to integrate into technology I use
Not enough resources for my subject
Too hard to find what I need
Not knowing if I have permission to use or change
Not used by other faculty I know
Not effective at improving student performance
Not relevant to my local context
Too difficult to use
Not high-quality
Too difficult to change or edit
No comprehensive list
Not enough time to look for
Lack of support from my institution
Other (please specify):

Question 11
How comfortable are you with identifying the copyright or licensing status of a text?
Very comfortable
Somewhat comfortable
Not at all comfortable

Question 12
How easy is it to find OERs for your course(s)?
Very easy
Moderately easy
Neither easy nor difficult
Moderately difficult
Very difficult
Not applicable

Question 13
What is your gender?
Male
Female
Other
Decline to say

Question 14
Status:
Full time
Part time

Question 15
What is your primary school affiliation?
College of Liberal Arts
College of Interdisciplinary and Continuing Studies
School of Business
School of Community Health and Policy
School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
School of Education and Urban Studies
School of Engineering
School of Global Journalism and Communication
School of Social Work
Other

Question 16
How many years have you been at Morgan?
1-5
6-10
11-20
21+

Question 17
What is your age range?
30 and under
31 - 35
36- 40
41-45
46-50
51-55
56-60
61-65
66-70
71 and above
Don't care to say

Question 18
Please provide any additional comments