Donatas StankevičiusVytautas Magnus University

Challenges and perspectives for OER development and re-

use

I used data from my Applied Research Methodology project (about students IT habits in higher education), 23 respondents answers were used: 20 females and 3 males. 91 percent of respondents were 20-35 years old.Answers shows that even though sometimes not all teachers uses all available IT technologies at their disposal, students still manages to get used to new technologies. Only less then quarter of respondents answered positively about using course or learning management systems, yet most of them uses presentation software & more than half uses college/university library websites, social websites, wikis. Majority of respondents showed that they like to learn though "googling", that is not surprising in today's "Internet Age". It also shows that there are still need to promote OER usage in learning process.

Link to survey:http://apklausa.lt/f/students-and-information-technology-in-higher-education-ed46vts.fullpage

Later slides show visual representation of respondents answers.

1. What is your gender?

2. How old are you?

5. Approximately how many hours each week do you spend actively doing internet activities for school, work, or recreation?

6. How often do you do the following for school, work, or recreation?

7. How often do you contribute content to the following for school, work, or recreation?

8. Which best describes your preferences?

9. What is your skill level for the following?

10. Are you using the following for any of yours courses this quarter/semester?

11. How many of your instructors:

12. Have you ever taken a course that used a course or learning management system (a system that provides tools such as online syllabi, sample exams, and gradebook)? Examples include WebCT, Blackboard, Moodle, or an institution-specific system).

13. How often do you use course or learning management systems?

14. Are you using course or learning management systems for any of yours courses this quarter/semester?

15. What is your skill level using course or learning management systems?

16. Describe your overall experience using course or learning management systems.

17. What is your opinion about the following statements?

18. Which of the following best describes you?

19. I like to learn through:

20. How should your institution first notify you of a campus emergency?

21. Do you own a handheld device that is capable of accessing the Internet (whether or not you use that capability)? Examples include smartphones, PDA, etc

22. How often do you use the Internet from your handheld device?

23. Approximately how much time each week do you use the Internet from your handheld device?

24. Which of these Internet activities do you do from your handheld device?

25. In the next three years, I expect my use of the Internet from a handheld device will:

26. Do you use the Internet from your handheld device even when a networked computer (laptop or desktop) is easily available?

27. Which of your institution's IT services would you be most likely to use if they were available on your handheld Internet device?

28. How many times this year have you contacted the campus IT organization for technical support related to your handheld Internet device?

29. What keeps you from using the Internet, or using it more often, from a handheld device?

30. What is your opinion about the following statements?

31. What is your cumulative grade point average?

32. What is your class standing?

33. Are you currently a full-time or part-time student? Part-time is fewer than 12 credit hours per quarter/semester

34. Do you reside on campus or off campus?

35. What are you majoring in?

36. Which institution are you attending?

VMUOslo universityMRUUniversity of SurreyNorthumbria universityNewham college of further educationNorwich city college…

37. Is there anything you would like to tell us about your experience with IT in or out of courses?

“…. No …”

“… I'm doing adistance learning course so everything is done via the internet. I don't ever need to go to university campus unless i want to. …”

Thank you for your attention