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OER in and as MOOCs 2015-2016

South Africa, 2015 - 2016
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zaf-roer4d-oerm-2015-2016-v1
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Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D)
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Identification

Survey ID Number
zaf-roer4d-oerm-2015-2016-v1
Title
OER in and as MOOCs 2015-2016
Country
Name Country code
South Africa zaf
Study type
Case Study
Abstract
This study aims to determine how educators at the University of Cape Town (UCT) engage with Open Education Resources (OER) and openness as part of developing open online courses, and how this informs their practices and attitudes afterwards. Deepening understandings of these changes is important for informing strategies involving helping educators in adopting productive Open Educational Practices (OEP).

In 2014, UCT initiated a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) project in which 12 MOOCs were developed over a three-year period. This study employs an Activity Theory conceptual framework as a heuristic tool to investigate whether and how the integration of OER in the design of four of these MOOCs impacted upon educators' OEP. The research centred on the educators and their motivations, rather than the MOOCs per se or on the MOOC participants. While there was an interest in OER as content, it is the intersection of OER and educator practices which is the focus of the research.

The overarching question which this study set out to answer is: How does MOOC-making with OER adoption influence educators' Open Educational Practices?

The study draws on semi-structured interviews conducted with lead educators of the four MOOCs at three time intervals: just before the MOOC was launched (T1), after the first run of the MOOC (T2), and ten months after the launch (T3). A total of 19 interviews were conducted with MOOC lead educators. Certain questions were modified or additional questions asked in each of the lead educator interviews due to the semi-structured nature of the interviews and the differing subject matter and timing of the MOOCs.

This dataset makes a unique contribution to establishing empirical evidence about the practices of lead educators in a MOOC development process, how these practices are mediated, contextual considerations, and the kinds of tensions which arise as practices change. It will be of use to researchers and practitioners working in the areas of MOOC production, OER, Open Education, course development, and higher education studies.
Kind of Data
Qualitative data
Unit of Analysis
Units of analysis were individuals

Version

Version Description
v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
Version Date
2016
Version Notes
Version 1 of the dataset was deposited with DataFirst on 22 February 2017.

Scope

Keywords
Keyword
Activity Theory
MOOCs
Open Data
Open Educational Resources
Open Textbooks

Coverage

Universe
The survey covered educators in the single institution involved in the study.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) University of Cape Town
Producers
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
International Development Research Centre IDRC Funder

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2015-03 2016-11
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Ethics approval for data collection was obtained from the Centre for Higher Education Development at the University of Cape Town on the 14th of December, 2015.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Email URL
DataFirst helpdesk support@data1st.org support.data1st.org
Access conditions
Public use data, available to all under CC BY licence
Citation requirements
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development. OER in and as MOOCs (ROER4D Sub-project 10.3) [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: ROER4D [producer], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017. 10.25828/4awk-8d91
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org support.data1st.org

Metadata production

Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2018-07-25
DDI Document version
Version 3
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