SOURCE: The Learning Resource Data Meta data Initiative survey, Ease and Discoverability: Educators and Publishers on the Search for Educational Content.
How often do you search for instructional resources online?
In both 2013 and 2012, nearly half of educators (43.7% and 46.8%, respectively) searched for instructional resources online several times a week, and nearly one-third of educators (30.5% in 2013) search for instructional resources daily.
Article continues belowHow would you describe the results of your searches?
Overall success level (usually successful and sometimes successful) of search results for 2013 respondents is 87.6%. There was an increase in usually successful search results from 2012 to 2013. Over one-third of 2013 educators (35.5%) compared to less than one-fourth of 2012 educators (24.6%) found the results of their searches usually successful.
