RESEARCH INSTRUMETS

Part I

I. Profile of the respondents in terms of:

NAME: (OPTIONAL)

Directions: Put a check to every appropriate answer according to your profile and specify

your College course and year level.

a. Sex:

o MALE

o FEMALE

b. Age:

o 18-20 y/o

o 21-23 y/o

o 24 and above

c. Course and Year level:

___________________

d. Type of Open Educational Resources (OERs) that you are using in getting

information.

Directions: Put a check if you are using the following OERs (mark as many as

you are using).

o E-books

o E-journals
 o Online Encyclopedia

o PowerPoint slides

o Podcast/Spotify

o Stream Videos/ YouTube

o OPAC/ Online Public Access Catalog

o Google

o Other: __________

a. Purposes of using Open Educational Resources

Directions: Mark check as many as you can if you are using the following

purposes:

o I am using for Research Purposes

o I am using for Assignment Task

o I am using for Self-Direct Studies

o I am using for Discussion Forum

o I am using for Additional Course Reference

o I used to improve my performance and satisfaction

o I used to reduce development cost/time

o I used innovative resources in decision making

o I used to fulfill my information needs at no cost

o I used for getting information regarding specific subject

 o Other: _________

Part II

Awareness on the use of Open Educational Resources

Directions: Rate the following questions and put a check of your level of awareness.

Questions Very Much Aware Slightly Not

Much Aware Aware Aware

aware

1. I am aware that OER are freely

accessed.

2. I am aware that its can be downloaded

at no cost

3. I am aware that Open Educational

Resources is public where anyone can

edit the information

4. I am aware of different websites where

I can find Open Educational Resources

5. I am aware that there is barrier in

accessing Open Educational Resources

6. I am aware that there is Advantage and

Disadvantage in using Open

Educational Resources

7. I am aware that Open Educational

 Resources is a wide coverage of

learning subject

8. I am aware that Open Educational

Resources makes me feel engaged with

my learnings

9. I am aware that it will develop personal

growth

10. I am aware that I have responsibility to

confirm the online resources

 Practices on using Open Educational Resources

Directions: Put check in the box according to the mean level of practices. 1 is the

highest and 5 is the lowest rate.

Questions 5 4 3 2 1

1. Enhance University or Open

Educational Resources site reputation

2. Enhance the user’s knowledge of a

subject/course

3. Improve self- reliance in seeking Open

Educational Resources

4. Gaining access to the best and

legitimize possible resources

5. Manage the time consumed in finding

 resources

6. Bringing down costs for learners

7. Learning beyond course boundaries

8. Open Educational Resources is an easy

to use and reliable information

9. Expanding the learnings in different

Open Educational Resources

10. Support students/learners without

formal access to Higher Education

 Challenges on using OER

Directions: Mark check if you are undergoing this different challenge while using

Online Educational Resources

1. Lack of skills in accessing quality OERs for studies

2. Poor availability of Internet

3. Poor awareness of existence of journals and other databases in OER

4. Research contents could easily be plagiarized

5. Unreliability of Online Educational Resources

6. Incompetent / Inaccurate metadata of Online Educational Resources

7. Lack of credibility of the Online Educational Resources

8. Lack of awareness of copyright issues among academics

9. Lack of use gadget in accessing Online Educational Resources

10. Fear of over copyright infringement

Awareness and Practices on the Use of Open Educational Resources (OERs)

among CCIT Students in University of Northern Philippines

A Thesis Proposal

Presented to

The Faculty of the College of Communication and Information Technology

University of Northern Philippines

Tamag Vigan City, Ilocos Sur

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirements for the Degree
BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

by

JHAIREN KHAY VILLANUEVA UBALDO

MARK FRANCIS BATTAD PABO

REYMART INAY DELOS SANTOS

2022
Statement of the Problems

This study will conduct primarily to determine the awareness and practices

on the use of open education resources among the CCIT students in University of

Northern Philippines for the school year 2022-2023.

In view of this, the study is set out to find answers to the following:

1. profile of the respondents in terms of:

a) sex,

b) age,

c) year level and course,

d) type of OER used, and

e) purposes of using OERs

2. to find out the awareness on the use of OER,

3. incite the practices in using OERs,

4. determine the relationship between the awareness and practices in using

OERs,

5. challenges encountered in using OERs, and,

6. design and output - flyers