Wondering how far have you gotten on your master's project to examine the experiences of instructors in the adoption of open textbooks? Look forward to your findings.
Jim Kelly www.k-12math.info (a MERLOT 5 star resource) On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 5:25:02 PM UTC-8, Danielle Paradis wrote: > > My name is Danielle Paradis and I am a graduate student at Royal Roads > University pursuing a Master of Arts in Learning and technology. This is a > distance course and this research project is a part of the requirement for > completing my MA. My credentials with Royal Roads University can be > established by contacting my supervisor David Porter at 604.412.7734 > > > I am conducting a survey as a requirement for my Master of Arts in > Education and Technology degree at Royal Roads University. The purpose of > the study is to examine the experiences of instructors in the adoption of > open textbooks. > > Open Educational Resources have been defined by the William and Flora > Hewlett Foundation as, “teaching, learning and research resources that > reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual > property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.” > > > Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, > modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, > materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge". Instructors > and librarians can provide very insightful information about their > experiences with the implementation of open education resources. With your > help, we can gain insight into OER and open textbook adoption practices. > > > If you agree to participate, you will be asked to participate in an > interview (which will take approximately 60-90 minutes and will be > recorded. Participants have the option of selecting either video or voice > chat) regarding your experiences and opinions about OER implementation. The > identifying information you provide will be kept confidential. Neither your > name nor any identifying information will be published, nor will anyone > else be able to see your answers. I will be asking you to respond as an > individual, not as a representative of your institution. > > > As a participant, you are free to stop the interview at any time. If you > decide to before, during, or after the semi-structured interview, your > qualitative data will not be included in the study results. If you wish to > withdraw from the study during or after they have given the interview, your > interview responses and other data obtained during the interview will not > be included in the research findings, and will be securely destroyed. > > > Shortly after the interview has been completed, I will send you a copy of > the transcript to give you an opportunity to confirm the accuracy of our > conversation and to add or clarify any points. After completing the > interview there will be a debrief letter and contact information should you > wish to ask questions of request the results of the research. > > Data collected during this study will be retained for up to two years in > secure storage to which only the principal researcher associated with this > project will have access. There are no known or anticipated risks to you as > a participant in this study. > > > If you would like more information about the research, or to be made aware > of the results of the research, please contact Danielle Paradis at > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > > Thank you for your time and I look forward to your involvement. > > > Attached you will find the informed consent form. Please sign and return > to me. After that, we will find a mutually agreeable time to perform the > interview. > > > Regards, > Danielle Paradis > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
