Why Do People Share Content? Identifying Why Students Support Sharing Course Material

Autor/inn/en	Tromp, Gerhard Wieger; Long, Phillip D.
Titel	Why Do People Share Content? Identifying Why Students Support Sharing Course Material
Quelle	In: Open Learning, 28 (2013) 1, S.21-35 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0513
DOI	10.1080/02680513.2013.783768
Schlagwörter	Accounting; Altruism; Foreign Countries; Norms; Questionnaires; Intention; Online Surveys; Attitude Measures; Attribution Theory; Behavioral Science Research; Predictor Variables; Sharing Behavior; Instructional Materials; Resource Materials; Open Source Technology; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Ausland; Normwert; Fragebogen; Prädiktor; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Quellenmaterial; Australien
Abstract	To establish which factors predict student intentions to contribute towards an OpenCourseWare site, an online questionnaire was distributed among University of Queensland students via email. The 320 participants completed items that were based on the theory of planned behaviour and were designed to measure attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control. Measures of altruistic motivation were also included as a predictor for intentions to contribute. Overall, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and altruistic motivation explained 43.1% of the variance in students' intentions to contribute. Attitudes and altruistic motivation were the strongest predictors, accounting for 7.49% and 7.12%, respectively, with subjective norms accounting for 3.9%. Perceived behavioural control was not found to contribute to the explanatory model. The implications for universities creating new OpenCourseWare sites are discussed. Further research should investigate the effects of barriers on student intentions to develop and contribute and should examine the determinants of faculty support. (Contains 3 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10