LIDA103 Spot poll - Learner experience with OER

Open PD Learning in a Digital Age
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Before participating in this open course, to what extent have you used OER to support your formal learning at an academic institution?

  • Always
  • Frequently
  • Sometimes
  • Rarely
  • Never
  • Not sure / Not applicable

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If previously enrolled at a tertiary education institution, have you completed a course without buying the prescribed textbook due to the cost?

  • Yes (didn’t buy the prescribed work because it was too expensive)
  • No (prescribed texts have been affordable)
  • Not applicable

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My tertiary experience was so long ago (1980s) that there were no OERs!

And the textbooks were not necessarily affordable, but seemed part of the overall cost of attending university. The only options were used textbooks, which sometimes I used, and re-selling textbooks back to the store for a pittance of their initial cost. I recall some consideration by my or other peers about not marking up books so their resale value would be better.

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A reverse example: many times I have researched courses “dreaming I could attend” and bought the textbooks they recommend without registering because the cost of tuition and resources combined was not feasible.

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