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Julia E. Seaman; Jeff Seaman – Bay View Analytics, 2023
This is the 4th report in a series tracking curricula discovery, selection, and adoption processes in U.S. K-12. This series has followed the direct impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on classroom materials, tracking the rise of digital learning and the subsequent return to the classroom. This survey was conducted in April 2023, with a total…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Resources, Curriculum, Selection Criteria
Seaman, Julia E.; Seaman, Jeff – Bay View Analytics, 2020
This study is one in a series designed to explore the process by which faculty members select and use the educational materials employed in their courses. The most common of these is the required textbook: faculty members typically choose one or more books that all students are required to use throughout the course. Faculty also employ a wide…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Selection, Higher Education, Open Educational Resources
Seaman, Julia E.; Seaman, Jeff – Bay View Analytics, 2021
This study explores how faculty members select and use the educational materials employed in their courses. The primary sample represents all teaching faculty across all types of degree-granting higher education institution in the United States. Two subgroups of faculty are called out for detailed examination: those teaching large-enrollment…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Textbooks, Textbook Selection, Textbook Evaluation
Spilovoy, Tanya; Seaman, Jeff; Ralph, Nate – Bay View Analytics, 2020
The adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) is on the rise, driven in part by increasing awareness of OER. But while faculty and institutions have shown increasing awareness and acceptance of OER, many remain unfamiliar with what they are, or how to utilize them. When faculty are aware of OER initiatives at their institution, there is an…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Knowledge Level, Program Effectiveness, Technology Integration
Seaman, Julia E.; Seaman, Jeff – Bay View Analytics, 2020
Curriculum based on open educational resources (OER) -- materials that are free for educators and students to use, customize, and share -- represent a small portion of all K-12 recent adoptions, at slightly over 5%. OER are concentrated in Mathematics, where 14% of adoption decisions were OER (compared to 4% for English Language Arts, 2% for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Quality
Seaman, Julia E.; Seaman, Jeff – Bay View Analytics, 2022
This study explores how faculty members select and use the educational materials employed in their courses. The primary sample represents all teaching faculty across all types of degree-granting higher education institution in the United States. Two subgroups of faculty are called out for detailed examination: those teaching large-enrollment…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Preferences, Trend Analysis