OER Management and Delivery: Seven Best Practices

Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

March 6, 2014

Purpose of the Session

To share • The best practices for managing, organizing

and delivering open development projects.• The helpful tips and suggestions around

various aspects of open development projects, such as quality assurance and copyright clearance.

Samples and templates: http://goo.gl/SP8JyW

Best Practice #1: Ensure the content is OPEN

Consider:1. Ensuring that all course developers are aware of

the requirement of open licensing. 2. Becoming familiar with the concept of OER.

Information is available at http://open4us.org/.3. Encouraging the course developers to develop

the original resources or use open sources only.

Best Practice #1: Ensure the content is OPEN

Consider:4. Having a copyright expert (e.g., college librarian)

who is knowledgeable with open licensing review the content.

5. Including a Citation and Copyright folder in each course package, containing the information about copyright permissions, references, and materials audit.

Best Practice #2: Assure the QUALITY of the materials

Consider:1. Having a professional instructional designer

review the design of the material.2. Providing templates for each instructional design

process with examples.

Best Practice #2: Assure the QUALITY of the materials

Consider:3. Dividing the course development process into

the logical units and checking the quality in detail:• Course level & Module level objectives• Lessons & Learning activities• Assessments• Syllabus

Best Practice #3: Provide a DELIVERABLES list

Consider:1. Providing a deliverables list with• Clear expectations (& consequences)• Specific due dates• People in charge

Best Practice #4: Manage deliverables OPENLY

Consider:1. Sharing deliverables tracking document with all

team members and using it to determine the status of work.

2. Constantly reminding the team members of the due dates and the consequences.

Best Practice #5: Make a plan for how to SUSTAIN

Consider:1. Selecting a delivery system that could be open to

changes.2. Avoid completely relying on a Learning

Management System.3. Making a plan for maintenance.

Best Practice #6: Check on the ACCESSIBILITY

Consider:1. Having a professional accessibility expert review

the material.2. Providing guidelines and training on accessibility

from the beginning of the project.

Best Practice #7: Plan for the DATA collection

Consider:1. Creating a clear research plan from the

beginning. 2. Notifying the project participants of the research

plan at the start of the project.

Questions and Comments on OER use

Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.Program Admin of Open Education and eLearningWashington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC)bchae@sbctc.edu360-628-3549