Table 2.
Results for the evaluation of the metadata and search process (N=126).
| Category examined | Question | N | Strongly disagree, % | Disagree, % | Neutral, % | Agree, % | Strongly agree, % |
| 1. Metadata | Q2. The metadata is not understandable | 126 | 7.9 | 53.2 | 25.4 | 8.7 | 4.8 |
| Q3. The amount of presented metadata is excessive | 124 | 1.6 | 39.5 | 38.7 | 16.9 | 3.2 | |
| Q4. The amount of presented metadata is insufficient | 124 | 5.6 | 48.4 | 33.9 | 12.1 | 0 | |
| 2. Retrieved content usefulness and relevance | Q1. The presented metadata helps me in revising the search or annotation terms | 125 | 0 | 7.2 | 24 | 61.6 | 7.2 |
| Q5. I found useful content as outcome of my searches | 120 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 17.5 | 55.8 | 22.5 | |
| Q6. The amount of retrieved relevant content was adequate to my information needs | 115 | 0 | 7.0 | 32.2 | 52.2 | 8.7 | |
| Q7. The information immediately presented helps me assess the relevance of the resource | 118 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 32.2 | 51.7 | 5.9 | |
| Q8. I need to inspect the learning resource to assess its relevance | 116 | 0 | 12.1 | 33.6 | 47.4 | 6.9 | |
| Q15. I found interesting content outside the scope of my specific search | 114 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 28.1 | 46.5 | 14 | |
| Q16. I would recommend the system to my colleagues | 123 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 14.6 | 49.6 | 30.1 | |
| 3. Latency and difficulty level of searches | Q9. The search results were obtained quickly | 118 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 14.4 | 63.6 | 20.3 |
| Q12. The advanced search form is easy to understand | 115 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 24.3 | 57.4 | 9.6 | |
| Q13. It is distracting to have international content listed in the results | 118 | 4.2 | 36.4 | 42.4 | 16.1 | 0.8 | |
| Q14. It was easy to inspect/download the (retrieved) learning resource | 123 | 2.4 | 8.9 | 30.1 | 46.3 | 12.2 | |
| 4. Assessing open sources | Q10. I could easily assess if the resource is open to use | 123 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 34.1 | 53.7 | 4.9 |
| 5. IPR | Q11. It was difficult to understand the IPR of the resources | 123 | 0 | 34.1 | 41.5 | 20.3 | 4.1 |