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The four big reasons for contribution to open educational resources

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dc.contributor.authorMetzer, J.
dc.contributor.authorHanna, A.M.B.
dc.contributor.conferenceAACE Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011 (28 Mar 2011 - 1 Apr 2011 : Melbourne, Australia)
dc.contributor.editorBarton, S.
dc.contributor.editorHedberg, J.
dc.contributor.editorSuzuki, K.
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractVolunteers contribute their efforts and time into organizations for different reasons and goals. These goals include strengthening their experience, developing networks, and enhancing their feelings. Similarly, programmers to Open Source Software (OSS) contribute programming to experience programming, develop their career future, and make software freely available for users. The rapid increase in contributing learning materials to Open Educational Resources (OERs) raises the question of what are the possible reasons that inspire OER contributors to write to these repositories. A web-based survey was published on Wikibooks website to assess the different reasons for contribution to OERs. After applying factor analysis to the sample (N=145), four reasons of contribution to OERs emerged. These results were discussed in relation to the Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) and motivation to contribute or not to open source/content.
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011, 2011 / Barton, S., Hedberg, J., Suzuki, K. (ed./s), pp.1630-1638
dc.identifier.isbn9781880094853
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/131252
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEducation & Information Technology Digital Library
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.rightsCopyright 2011 AACE
dc.subjectopen educational resources (OERs)
dc.subjectWikibooks
dc.subjectmotivation
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.titleThe four big reasons for contribution to open educational resources
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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