Importance of Factors in Selecting Required Course Material |
|||
|
|
Includes test banks |
Familiarity with brand/publisher |
Works with my institution’s LMS |
|
Very important |
13% |
9% |
16% |
|
Important |
15% |
23% |
18% |
|
Somewhat important |
16% |
34% |
20% |
|
Not important |
55% |
34% |
46% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Includes supplemental instructor material |
Adaptable/editable |
Recommended by other faculty members |
|
Very important |
22% |
19% |
13% |
|
Important |
19% |
24% |
31% |
|
Somewhat important |
21% |
25% |
34% |
|
Not important |
38% |
32% |
21% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Easy to find |
Comprehensive content and activities |
Cost to the student |
|
Very important |
32% |
48% |
50% |
|
Important |
38% |
29% |
37% |
|
Somewhat important |
19% |
12% |
11% |
|
Not important |
11% |
12% |
2% |
Importance of Factors in Selecting Required Course Material by Type of Institution |
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|
|
Four year |
Two Year |
|
Familiarity with brand/publisher |
31% |
36% |
|
Works with institution’s LMS |
30% |
49% |
|
Test banks |
23% |
50% |
|
Recommended by faculty |
43% |
51% |
|
Adaptable/editable |
40% |
54% |
|
Supplemental instructor material |
36% |
61% |
|
Easy to find |
68% |
76% |
|
Comprehensive |
74% |
87% |
|
Cost to the student |
86% |
91% |
Satisfaction with Factors in Selecting Required Course Material |
|||
|
|
Cost to the student |
Adaptable/editable |
Includes supplemental instructor material |
|
Very satisfied |
24% |
27% |
32% |
|
Satisfied |
34% |
45% |
41% |
|
Somewhat satisfied |
27% |
21% |
20% |
|
Not satisfied |
15% |
7% |
7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Includes test banks |
Comprehensive content and activities |
Recommended by other faculty members |
|
Very satisfied |
36% |
33% |
21% |
|
Satisfied |
42% |
49% |
62% |
|
Somewhat satisfied |
16% |
15% |
15% |
|
Not satisfied |
6% |
3% |
2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Works with my institution’s LMS |
Easy to find |
Familiarity with brand/publisher |
|
Very satisfied |
31% |
35% |
38% |
|
Satisfied |
53% |
52% |
53% |
|
Somewhat satisfied |
12% |
11% |
8% |
|
Not satisfied |
5% |
1% |
1% |
Importance of Cost to Student in Selecting Required Course Material |
||
|
|
Very important |
Important |
|
Overall |
50% |
37% |
|
|
|
|
|
Specialized |
35% |
47% |
|
Baccalaureate |
43% |
43% |
|
Masters |
55% |
36% |
|
Doctoral/Research |
43% |
40% |
|
Associates |
61% |
31% |
|
|
|
|
|
20,000 and above |
48% |
40% |
|
10,000 - 19,999 |
54% |
34% |
|
5,000 - 9,999 |
54% |
33% |
|
1,000 - 4,999 |
44% |
41% |
|
Under 1,000 |
57% |
28% |
|
|
|
|
|
At least 2 but less than 4 years |
61% |
31% |
|
Four or more years |
47% |
39% |
Awareness of Open Educational Resources: 2015-16 |
|||
|
Very Aware |
Aware |
Somewhat Aware |
Not Aware |
|
6.6% |
18.9% |
16.5% |
58.1% |
Awareness of Open Educational Resources: 2014-15 and 2015-16 |
||||
|
|
Very Aware |
Aware |
Somewhat Aware |
Not Aware |
|
2014-15 |
5% |
15% |
14% |
66% |
|
2015-16 |
7% |
19% |
16% |
58% |
Awareness of Licensing of Open Educational Resources
Awareness of Licensing: 2015-16 |
|
|
||
|
|
Very Aware |
Aware |
Somewhat Aware |
Unaware |
|
Copyright |
42% |
39% |
16% |
4% |
|
Public Domain |
28% |
38% |
26% |
7% |
|
Creative Commons |
16% |
22% |
28% |
34% |
Awareness of Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons: 2015-16 |
|||
|
Very Aware |
Aware |
Somewhat Aware |
Not Aware |
|
5.9% |
16.0% |
11.9% |
66.3% |
Awareness of Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons: 2014-15 and 2015-16 |
||||
|
|
Very Aware |
Aware |
Somewhat Aware |
Not Aware |
|
2014-15 |
5% |
12% |
10% |
74% |
|
2015-16 |
6% |
16% |
12% |
66% |
Awareness of Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons: 2015-16 |
||
|
|
Very aware |
Aware |
|
Four or more years |
5% |
16% |
|
At least 2 but less than 4 years |
10% |
17% |
|
|
|
|
|
Associates |
10% |
16% |
|
Doctoral/Research |
4% |
16% |
|
Masters |
5% |
17% |
|
Baccalaureate |
6% |
16% |
|
Specialized |
2% |
8% |
Awareness of Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons: 2015-16 |
||
|
|
Very aware |
Aware |
|
Arts and Literature |
5% |
17% |
|
Business Administration |
8% |
14% |
|
Computer and Information Science |
13% |
20% |
|
Education |
9% |
22% |
|
Engineering |
7% |
19% |
|
Humanities |
9% |
16% |
|
Law |
7% |
7% |
|
Linguistics / Language |
8% |
18% |
|
Mathematics |
10% |
22% |
|
Medicine |
3% |
17% |
|
Natural Sciences |
5% |
20% |
|
Psychology |
8% |
18% |
|
Social Sciences |
4% |
12% |
Awareness of Open Textbooks: 2015-16 |
|
|
Very aware |
6.9% |
|
Aware |
12.2% |
|
Somewhat aware |
15.2% |
|
Not aware |
65.7% |
Awareness of Open Textbooks and Creative Commons: 2015-16 |
|
|
Very aware |
6.3% |
|
Aware |
10.3% |
|
Somewhat aware |
12.8% |
|
Not aware |
70.6% |
Faculty Actions That Impact Required Course Materials |
|
|
Created a new course |
48% |
|
Substantially modified an existing course |
65% |
|
Changed required course materials |
74% |
|
|
|
|
Created new course and modified existing course |
37% |
|
Created new course and changed required material |
40% |
|
Modified existing course and changed required material |
54% |
|
|
|
|
Created new course, modified existing course and selected new required material |
33% |
|
|
|
|
None of the above |
10% |
Proportion of Faculty Selecting Required Course Materials |
|
|
Total |
90% |
|
|
|
|
Part-time |
81% |
|
Full-time |
93% |
|
|
|
|
Tenured |
92% |
|
Not tenured |
93% |
|
Not tenure track |
89% |
|
|
|
|
Teach Online |
97% |
|
|
|
|
Teach Blended |
97% |
Proportion of Faculty Selecting Required Course Materials by Institutional Characteristics |
|
|
20,000 and above |
89% |
|
10,000 - 19,999 |
91% |
|
5,000 - 9,999 |
92% |
|
1,000 - 4,999 |
88% |
|
Under 1,000 |
91% |
|
|
|
|
Specialized |
85% |
|
Baccalaureate |
93% |
|
Masters |
91% |
|
Doctoral/Research |
90% |
|
Associates |
90% |
|
|
|
|
Two years |
88% |
|
Four or more years |
90% |
Type of Course with Largest Enrollment for New Required Materials |
|
|
A new course |
23.2% |
|
A substantially modified course |
42.6% |
|
A course with new required materials |
34.2% |
Level of Course with Largest Enrollment for New Required Materials |
|
|
Undergraduate |
76.9% |
|
Graduate |
20.6% |
|
Other |
2.5% |
Delivery Method of Course with Largest Enrollment for New Required Materials |
|
|
Face-to-face |
74.8% |
|
Blended |
13.3% |
|
Online |
11.9% |
Classification of Course with Largest Enrollment for New Required Materials |
|
|
Introductory course |
41.1% |
|
Intermediate level course |
27.6% |
|
Advanced course |
28.7% |
|
N/A Does not apply |
2.6% |
Average Enrollment for Course Being Considered for New Required Materials |
|
|
Overall |
154 |
|
|
|
|
A course with new required materials |
199 |
|
A substantially modified course |
157 |
|
A new course |
71 |
|
|
|
|
Not required |
74 |
|
Required for some students (e.g., majors) |
162 |
|
Required for all students |
220 |
|
|
|
|
Advanced course |
38 |
|
Intermediate level course |
83 |
|
Introductory course |
241 |
|
|
|
|
Single section |
44 |
|
Course taught in multiple sections |
244 |
|
|
|
|
Graduate |
33 |
|
Undergraduate |
169 |
Type of Text Material Required |
|
|
Textbook |
18.0% |
|
Textbook + Other Text |
59.7% |
|
Other Text |
20.0% |
|
Neither |
2.4% |
Type of Textbook Required |
|
|
Printed |
50.0% |
|
Digital |
8.5% |
|
Printed and Digital |
19.1% |
|
None |
22.4% |
Textbook Requirements by Type of Course |
|||
|
|
Printed |
Printed and digital |
Digital |
|
Overall |
50.0% |
19.1% |
8.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undergraduate |
51.9% |
19.6% |
8.7% |
|
Graduate |
42.8% |
19.2% |
8.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Introductory course |
50.2% |
20.8% |
9.9% |
|
Intermediate level course |
53.4% |
18.7% |
8.7% |
|
Advanced course |
45.7% |
17.6% |
7.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Face-to-face |
52.7% |
15.7% |
7.5% |
|
Blended |
41.1% |
29.1% |
10.8% |
|
Online |
44.0% |
28.0% |
12.2% |
Licensing of Required Textbooks |
||
|
Printed Textbook(s) |
Copyrighted |
97.3% |
|
|
Creative Commons |
0.9% |
|
|
Public Domain |
2.4% |
|
|
NA/Don't Know |
2.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Digital Textbook(s) |
Copyrighted |
80.9% |
|
|
Creative Commons |
7.9% |
|
|
Public Domain |
11.7% |
|
|
NA/Don't Know |
6.8% |
Licensing of Required Material Other Than Textbooks |
||
|
Other Printed |
Copyrighted |
46% |
|
|
Creative Commons |
15% |
|
|
Public Domain |
44% |
|
|
NA/Don't Know |
10% |
|
|
|
|
|
Other Digital |
Copyrighted |
45% |
|
|
Creative Commons |
19% |
|
|
Public Domain |
52% |
|
|
NA/Don't Know |
11% |
Openly licensed Material Use |
|
|
Textbook |
2.1% |
|
Textbook and other material |
3.2% |
|
Other material |
36.0% |
|
None |
58.7% |
Use of Open-Licensed Textbook By Course Characteristics: 2015-16 |
|
|
Overall |
5.3% |
|
|
|
|
Undergraduate |
4.7% |
|
Graduate |
10.0% |
|
|
|
|
Multiple sections |
5.7% |
|
Single section |
5.5% |
|
|
|
|
Introductory course |
4.9% |
|
Intermediate level course |
5.7% |
|
Advanced course |
7.0% |
|
|
|
|
Face-to-face |
5.5% |
|
Blended |
5.2% |
|
Online |
7.2% |
Use of Open Educational Resources By Faculty Characteristics: 2015-16 |
|||
|
Textbook |
Textbook and other material |
Other material |
|
|
Overall |
2.1% |
3.2% |
36.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Teach Intro Level |
1.8% |
3.0% |
34.3% |
|
Teach Blended |
2.1% |
3.6% |
37.0% |
|
Teach Online |
2.4% |
2.9% |
35.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not tenure track |
1.6% |
3.2% |
35.5% |
|
Tenure track, not tenured |
1.3% |
4.2% |
37.1% |
|
Tenured |
2.4% |
3.0% |
37.9% |
|
N/A |
2.9% |
3.3% |
29.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Full-time |
2.3% |
3.5% |
35.7% |
|
Part-time |
1.5% |
2.0% |
37.1% |
Barriers to Adopting Open Educational Resources |
|
|
Not enough resources for my subject |
49% |
|
Too hard to find what I need |
48% |
|
No comprehensive catalog of resources |
45% |
|
Not used by other faculty I know |
30% |
|
Not high-quality |
28% |
|
Not knowing if I have permission to use or change |
21% |
|
Not current, up-to-date |
17% |
|
Too difficult to integrate into technology I use |
14% |
|
Lack of support from my institution |
12% |
|
Too difficult to change or edit |
11% |
Barriers to Adopting Open Educational Resources by OER Awareness |
||
|
|
Not aware |
Aware of OER |
|
Not enough resources for my subject |
47% |
50% |
|
Too hard to find what I need |
47% |
48% |
|
No comprehensive catalog of resources |
46% |
44% |
|
Not used by other faculty I know |
40% |
24% |
|
Not high-quality |
19% |
32% |
|
Not knowing if I have permission to use or change |
26% |
19% |
|
Not current, up-to-date |
14% |
18% |
|
Too difficult to integrate into technology I use |
11% |
15% |
|
Lack of support from my institution |
13% |
11% |
|
Too difficult to change or edit |
9% |
12% |
Barriers to Adopting Open Educational Resources |
||
|
|
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
|
Not enough resources for my subject |
37% |
49% |
|
Too hard to find what I need |
44% |
48% |
|
No comprehensive catalog of resources |
51% |
45% |
|
Not used by other faculty I know |
18% |
30% |
|
Not high-quality |
18% |
28% |
|
Not knowing if I have permission to use or change |
33% |
21% |
|
Not current, up-to-date |
7% |
17% |
|
Too difficult to integrate into technology I use |
13% |
14% |
|
Lack of support from my institution |
15% |
12% |
|
Too difficult to change or edit |
11% |
11% |
Introductory Textbook Awareness, Consideration, and Adoption |
||
|
|
OpenStax |
Overall |
|
Aware |
70% |
82% |
|
Considered if Aware |
44% |
52% |
|
Adopted if Considered |
32% |
41% |
Importance of Factors in Selecting Required Course Material by OpenStax User Status |
||
|
Use OpenStax |
Non-user |
|
|
Familiarity with brand/publisher |
30% |
31% |
|
Works with my institution’s LMS |
29% |
32% |
|
Includes test banks |
13% |
34% |
|
Adaptable/editable |
47% |
42% |
|
Includes supplemental instructor material |
23% |
48% |
|
Recommended by other faculty members |
42% |
49% |
|
Easy to find |
77% |
61% |
|
Comprehensive content and activities |
81% |
84% |
|
Cost to the student |
94% |
85% |
Barriers to Adopting Open Educational Resources by OpenStax User Status |
||
|
|
Use OpenStax |
Non-user |
|
Not current, up-to-date |
14% |
8% |
|
Not knowing if I have permission to use or change |
21% |
18% |
|
Lack of support from my institution |
11% |
19% |
|
Too difficult to change or edit |
14% |
20% |
|
Too difficult to integrate into technology I use |
18% |
23% |
|
Not used by other faculty I know |
29% |
31% |
|
Not enough resources for my subject |
36% |
32% |
|
Not high-quality |
43% |
37% |
|
Too hard to find what I need |
18% |
43% |
|
No comprehensive catalog of resources |
21% |
46% |
Ease of Searching Traditional Publishers |
||||
|
Very Easy |
Easy |
Difficult |
Very Difficult |
Don't Know |
|
17.0% |
46.2% |
17.5% |
1.7% |
17.6% |
Ease of Searching Open Educational Resources |
||||
|
Very Easy |
Easy |
Difficult |
Very Difficult |
Don't Know |
|
1.5% |
13.7% |
18.7% |
3.9% |
62.4% |
Relative Ease of Searching Open Educational Resources |
|||
|
OER superior |
OER the same |
OER inferior |
N/A Missing |
|
2.5% |
13.3% |
14.5% |
69.7% |
Will You Use Open Educational Resources in the Next Three Years? |
|
|
Yes |
6.9% |
|
Will consider |
31.3% |
|
Might Consider |
31.5% |
|
Not interested |
5.4% |
|
No Opinion / Don't Know |
24.9% |
Will You Use Open Textbooks in the Next Three Years? |
|
|
Yes |
6.5% |
|
Will consider |
30.4% |
|
Might Consider |
32.0% |
|
Not interested |
7.3% |
|
No Opinion / Don't Know |
23.9% |
Respondents - Tenure Status |
|
|
N/A |
14.5% |
|
Tenured |
47.0% |
|
Tenure track, not tenured |
11.1% |
|
Not tenure track |
27.4% |
Respondents - Number of Years teaching |
|
|
1 to 3 |
4.8% |
|
4 to 5 |
6.8% |
|
6 to 9 |
12.7% |
|
10 to 15 |
20.0% |
|
16 to 20 |
13.5% |
|
More than 20 |
42.3% |
Respondents - Level of Institution |
|
|
Four or more years |
78.8% |
|
At least 2 but less than 4 years |
21.2% |
Respondents - Carnegie Classification of Institution |
|
|
Associates |
22.9% |
|
Doctoral/Research |
37.4% |
|
Masters |
25.5% |
|
Baccalaureate |
9.3% |
|
Specialized |
4.9% |
Respondents - Teach At Least One of the Specified Type of Course |
|
|
Graduate |
43% |
|
Undergraduate |
87% |
|
|
|
|
Face-to-Face |
95% |
|
Blended |
27% |
|
Online |
29% |