Exploring educators’ use and acceptance of social networking and gamification features of open repositories
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This document summarizes research exploring educators' use and acceptance of social networking and gamification features on open educational repositories. The researchers surveyed educators on their perceptions and use of the KlasCement open repository. Educators found the site easy to use and useful but were not using it primarily as a social network. While educators were open to some gamification features like badges, they were less interested in features like public profiles showing what they downloaded or challenges for receiving badges. Educators were most motivated to share resources on getting feedback to improve their materials or feeling more professional, rather than for performance-based reasons like leaderboards or awards.
Exploring educators’ use and acceptance of social networking and gamification features of open repositories
- 1. Exploring educators’ use and acceptance of social networking and gamification features of open repositories B. de los Arcos, B. Faems, A. Comas- Quinn, H. de Four and H. Pulker OER17, London, April 5th-6th, 2017
- 2. repositories CC BY 2.0, B. de los Arcos https://flic.kr/p/TecrY6
- 3. CC BY 2.0, LearningLark https://flic.kr/p/cAtKMq
- 4. gamification
- 6. Perceived ease of use and usefulness
- 7. 1. I find the website easy to use in general. 2. It’s easy to find materials. 3. KlasCement holds learning objects that suit my educational level and subject. 4. I find KlasCement useful in my work as a teacher.
- 8. EASE OF USE USEFULNESS STRONGLY AGREE SOMEWHAT AGREE SOMEWHAT DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE Very small differences between groups.
- 10. 1. I use KlasCement primarily to find materials to build my own lesson materials on. 2. I use KlasCement primarily as a source of inspiration for new lesson ideas. 3. I use KlasCement to interact with colleagues and broaden my professional network.
- 11. NOT using KC as a network but as a library of resources STRONGLY AGREE SOMEWHAT AGREE SOMEWHAT DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE Finding materials Inspiration Broaden professional network
- 12. Attitudes towards gamification and social networking features
- 13. 1. I would like to see on users’ profiles which learning objects they have downloaded. 2. It is important for me to be able to choose whether my profile shows the learning objects I downloaded. 3. I would like a badge on my profile page indicating that I share resources. 4. A challenge like ‘Give five comments to receive a commentator-badge’ would stimulate me to do so.
- 14. STRONGLY AGREE SOMEWHAT AGREE SOMEWHAT DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE Downloads Privacy Badges Challenges
- 16. I am motivated to share on KC… 1. When I get valuable feedback to improve my resources. 2. Because the extra effort makes me feel professional. 3. When I’m able to collaborate with other teachers. 4. When I’m well informed about how many teachers I’ve helped by sharing my resources. 5. When I can view the popularity of my contributions on a leaderboard. 6. When it can lead to interesting career opportunities. 7. When I get a lot of likes and positive comments by other users. 8. When I can exchange KC-points for an award. Extrinsic Performance Social Mastery
- 17. We could hypothesize that teachers share because of mastery goals: they aim to do well. The low score on performance approach could hypothetically relate to the low scores on badges and social networking aspects: this may feel to them as ‘showing off’. STRONGLY AGREE SOMEWHAT AGREE SOMEWHAT DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE Praise and awards as high motivators Mastery Social Performance Extrinsic
- 18. Conclusions
- 19. social networks
Editor's Notes
- #2: European project with partners in UK, Sweden, Poland and Belgium