TY - JOUR AU - Kelley, Hope PY - 2018/09/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A path analysis of educator perceptions of open educational resources using the technology acceptance model JF - Classic: An OJS Theme Demo JA - trad VL - 1 IS - 3 SE - Experiments DO - UR - https://demo.publicknowledgeproject.org/ojs3/demo/index.php/classic/article/view/823 SP - AB - <p>Open educational resources (OER) are making their way into a variety of educational contexts from formal lesson planning to just in time learning. Educators and training professionals have been recognized as an important audience for these materials. The concepts of <em>self</em>-<em>efficacy</em> and <em>outcome judgment</em> from social cognitive learning theory serve as theoretical constructs to measure educator perceptions of OER. This study uses a path analysis, based on the technology acceptance model, to understand adoption of these resources by this audience with a particular emphasis on self-efficacy. Among the participants, three main groups were identified: K-12 educators, higher education professionals, and those involved in workplace training. A discriminant function analysis found that K-12 educators stood out as finding OER relevant to improving their practice. Recommendations are made in regards to an emphasis on easy to use designs to improve application self-efficacy of OER and instructional messaging for future K-12 educators.</p> ER -