Presentation given at OER17, London, April 5th-6th, 2017.

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

5. www.klascement.net
www.loro.open.ac.uk

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.

9. Purpose of use

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

15. Motivation to share

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

21. Thank you!
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