@article {,
	title = {How to Promote the Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education. A Parley with OER Experienced Teachers},
	journal = {Open Praxis},
	volume = {13},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {354{\textendash}364},
	abstract = {<p>The \&nbsp;idea \&nbsp;of \&nbsp;Open \&nbsp;Educational \&nbsp;Resources \&nbsp;(OER) \&nbsp;is \&nbsp;nowadays \&nbsp;widespread \&nbsp;in \&nbsp;higher \&nbsp;education. \&nbsp;However, \&nbsp;notwithstanding \&nbsp;their \&nbsp;supposed \&nbsp;benefits, \&nbsp;the \&nbsp;actual \&nbsp;adoption \&nbsp;of \&nbsp;OER \&nbsp;in \&nbsp;teaching \&nbsp;remains \&nbsp;low. \&nbsp;Due \&nbsp;to \&nbsp;this \&nbsp;absence, \&nbsp;various \&nbsp;studies \&nbsp;have \&nbsp;primarily \&nbsp;focused on (the lack of) OER awareness among teachers and identified barriers to their use. This article argues that the current debate could benefit from insights from those who are already using OER in their teaching practices. Examining their perspectives can disclose measures that promote the adoption of OER. A mixed-method approach was applied that comprised an expert survey among \&nbsp;32 OER experienced higher education teachers in Germany, which results were then subject to a focus group discussion with 20 \&nbsp;of \&nbsp;them \&nbsp;to \&nbsp;validate \&nbsp;and \&nbsp;differentiate \&nbsp;the \&nbsp;results. \&nbsp;Overall, \&nbsp;the \&nbsp;results \&nbsp;reveal \&nbsp;that \&nbsp;teachers prefer measures comprising incentives and support rather than obligations. Exemplarily, \&nbsp;a \&nbsp;commitment \&nbsp;to \&nbsp;publish \&nbsp;all \&nbsp;materials \&nbsp;as \&nbsp;OER \&nbsp;was \&nbsp;rejected. \&nbsp;Instead, \&nbsp;a \&nbsp;more \&nbsp;fundamental \&nbsp;transformation \&nbsp;was \&nbsp;requested \&nbsp;from \&nbsp;closed \&nbsp;to \&nbsp;open \&nbsp;practices. \&nbsp;Therefore, it can be stated that the teachers underlying path is guided by a desire for a shift towards openness in higher education. The measures favoured by the teachers can thus be understood as essential puzzle pieces that contribute to the bigger picture of openness.</p>
},
	url = {https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/informit.485420499654944},
	author = {Otto, Daniel}
}
