Table 2.
Opportunities and challenges of the online open educational resource and collaboration platform
| Opportunities | Challenges | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Theme - subtheme | n | Theme - subtheme | n |
| To get access to resources | 25 | Language barriers | 29 |
| … of high quality | 3 | Local differences | 21 |
| … more up to date | 3 | … in prescribing ethics, guidelines and drug availability | 10 |
| … in a greater variety | 3 | … in curricula/teaching methods | 11 |
| … for free | 2 | Investment of time and money | 21 |
| To get inspired | 18 | … for maintenance of the platform | 8 |
| … on new teaching approaches | 5 | … difficulties obtaining funding | 4 |
| … and adjust own content accordingly | 2 | … to find and adapt the resources | 4 |
| To improve quality | 26 | ... costs for users | 5 |
| … via specialized resources | 2 | Technological barriers | |
| … by comparing to others | 5 | … the need for a very clear overview and indexation | 7 |
| … via peer-reviewed resources | 2 | … compatibility issues with currently used software | 2 |
| To harmonize curricula, learning goals, and teaching | 18 | …. limited availability of on-campus computers | 1 |
| … in Europe | 6 | … digital resources do not fit in the current curriculum | 1 |
| To contribute | 14 | Quality control | 10 |
| To improve collaboration | 14 | … risk of low-quality content | 7 |
| … by learning from local differences | 5 | … the requirement for quality control | 3 |
| … by promoting harmonization | 4 | Problems with ownership | 5 |
| … by scientifically evaluating educational resources | 3 | … copyright issues | 3 |
| … by communicating about meetings and conferences | 2 | … a lack of responsibility for what is placed on the platform | 1 |
| To save valuable resources | 9 | … poor return value for sharing | 1 |
| Time | 6 | Dissemination problems | 2 |
| Time and costs | 3 | No barriers | 10 |
| Unthematized codes | … if cost-free | 3 | |
| Because it is easy | 5 | Undefined codes* | 4 |
| To assure sustainability | 1 | ||
| To fulfil the internationalization policies of my university | 1 | ||
| Due to the possibility to link w/ national drug databases | 1 | ||
| Codes with reservations rather than advantages | |||
| Only if it is aligned with my teaching/regional situation | 3 | ||
| Only if it is better than currently available | 2 | ||
| Only teachers should have access | 1 | ||
| What’s the point, similar project exists | 1 | ||
Themes in bold; corresponding subthemes underneath. Subtheme numbers do not add up to theme total, because not every code was given a subtheme. *The following codes were not thematised because they were insufficiently understood: “Need for blended learning”, “Need to define learning goals”, “Depends on topics and subjects”, and “No practical information enough”