Part of the project work I'm doing for the upcoming year centres on technology adoption and innovation diffusion theories. I'm focused on the practical here: how do we select and adopt the right technology or innovation most effectively? So this may flavour some of the content selection for OLDaily, beginning with this article (12 page PDF) that explores "the Diffusion of Innovation theory (DOI) of (Rogers, 2003), a theory that concentrates on determinant attributes of users' perceptions and use of innovations," from the perspective of OER adoption. See section 3 for the coverage of technology acceptance models. The paper describes a survey methodology and questionnaire (because the theory is based on perceived advantage or value) applied to faculty at 25 universities in Saudi Arabia. "Relative advantage-has a direct and significant impact on OER adoption," write the authors, citing numerous cases of similar findings. Similarly, observability has a positive impact on OER adoption, which complexity is negatively correlated.
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