E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg

The OpenCourseWare Consortium launched a survey on their website in March 2011 to collect user feedback. Data was gathered from 1773 respondents from nearly 90 countries. The results are now available on their website.

In addition, the have collected and consolidated user surveys from the OCW Consortium, Tufts University, Education-Portal.com, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-Online) and Delft University of Technology into a user feedback report. The report, which incorporates results from the OCWC Feedback Survey, can be downloaded here (PDF).

44% of respondents indicate that OCW materials help them with the concepts they are studying. 51% also use these materials for specific projects, or to supplement or even create teaching materials. Of particular interest is the fact that 51% of respondents find OCW materials useful in order to update their skills or knowledge for and at work. In addition, 54% reported having found OCW materials useful for their own interests.