Affiliations: [a] PhD Scholar, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, Rajasthan 304 022, India and Assistant Librarian, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi 110 070, India. (E): jhakumar.ratan@gmail.com
| [b] PhD, Faculty, Library Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, Rajasthan 304 022, India. (E): shesh2709@gmail.com
| [c] Professor and Head, Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi 110 070, India. (E): sinhav@terisas.ac.in
| [d] PhD, Chief Librarian, B B Dixit Library, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Anari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India. (E): sganguly67@gmail.com
Abstract: The study discussed in this article is aimed towards carrying out an analysis of the perception of the academic community on open educational resources and creative commons in India. This has been done using a questionnaire study that was administered to representative universities which cover all types of universities that have been recognized by different regulatory bodies—international, central, open, state, deemed, and private universities. The responses were collected from three stakeholders—students, faculty members, and library professionals. The questionnaire was divided into five sections: awareness; acceptance; integration in the learning management system; policy framework; and pedagogy of the blended learning model. The questionnaire was analyzed to assess the awareness and intensity of awareness of the respondents using the Chi-square test and Kappa index of agreement, respectively. The analysis reveals that the awareness level amongst the library professionals was maximum, followed by faculty members and students. The students found awareness about creative commons (CC) and Intellectual Property Rights to be less. The faculty members were found to have a higher intensity of awareness relative to students and library professionals. All three stakeholders were found to agree on the integration of OER with the learning management systems and to have a strong OER policy framework in higher education institutions.
