Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid InnovationDigital infrastructure for open contentAmber ThomasJISC Programme Manager
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
Key Links
This presentation
http://slidesha.re/vNeqFJ
Key blog post about this Call
http://bit.ly/rNQsW3
The Joint HEA/JISC OER Programme
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/oer
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
IntroductionsOER ProgrammeOER Programme Digital Infrastructure WorkOER Rapid Innovation StrandRapid Innovation and Open InnovationUse Case RequirementGuidance on BiddingReminder of Key Facts
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid Innovation: Digital infrastructure for open content
Amber Thomas
Programme Manager
Digital Infrastructure Team
OER Rapid Innovation Strand
Twitter: @ambrouk
Skype: amber_thomas
Full Contact Details:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/contactus/staff/amberthomas.aspx
Introductions
I am joined by ...
Leah Kennett, JISC Programme Office
Nigel Calvin, JISC Policy
David Kernohan, JISC Innovation eLearning Team, OER Strand 4 Themes Projects
Phil Barker, JISC Cetis (SPEAKING)
Introductions
Introductions
1) Have you been involved in an OER project? Y/N
2) Have you been involved in a rapid innovation type project? Y/N
3) Have you written a bid to JISC before? Y/N
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
IntroductionsOER ProgrammeOER Programme Digital Infrastructure WorkOER Rapid Innovation StrandRapid Innovation and Open InnovationUse Case RequirementGuidance on BiddingReminder of Key Facts
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid Innovation: Digital infrastructure for open content
OER Programme
Funded by HEFCE (note this determines who can bid)
Run jointly by JISC and HE Academy
This is the third year: Oct 2011 – Oct 2012.
Working also with the OU SCORE Project
UKOER phase 1
UKOER phase 2
UKOER phase 3
How can institutions, individuals, consortia best release OER?What do creatorscreators want to do with it?Is it sustainable?
How can we best encourage discovery and use of OER?How can we extend and grow existing approaches to OER?What do usersusers want to do with it?Is this sustainable?How can we use OER and related practices to meet identified strategic and cultural needs? How can technology support these practices and use cases?What does everyoneeveryone want to do with it?Is this sustainable?
E&S reportOER infokitOER use case studiesOER use reportStudent use of OER lit. review
E&S reportOER infokit
E&S reportOER infokitOpen Practice StudyOER and Online LearningTechnical studiesCase studies of activity
OER Programme Phases 1,2,3
UKOER 3: Structure
supporting & synthesising
Eva
l & S
ynth
Accessibility
IPR
Technology
embedding and sustaining
Widening engagement
Understanding OER Practice
Learning from OERInstitutional embedding
OMAC Phase 2
OER themes
key collaborations
Digitisation for OEROU SCORE
Digital Literacies
Digital Infrastructure
JISC Open work
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Hack/Challenge
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JISC
HEA
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
IntroductionsOER ProgrammeOER Programme Digital Infrastructure WorkOER Rapid Innovation StrandRapid Innovation and Open InnovationUse Case RequirementGuidance on BiddingReminder of Key Facts
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid Innovation: Digital infrastructure for open content
OER RI Strand: Technical Landscape
Programme Management (JISC):
Amber Thomas
OER Technology Project:
(JISC CETIS)Lorna Campbell
Phil BarkerJohn Robertson
technical approaches
Hack/Challenge
Rapid Innovation
Pilots
UKOER VizMartin Hawksey
UKOER ShowcaseMimas
Learning RegistryMimas
...
Broad JISC Context:Discovery
Activity DataDistributed VLE
RepositoriesResearcheContent
Course DataJorum
JISC CollectionsSCA
OERembedding and
sustaining projects
eContent Digitisation for OER
And that’s just in UK HE JISC world ...
UKOER 3: Technical Synthesis
supporting & synthesising
Eva
l & S
ynth
Accessibility
IPR
Technology
embedding and sustaining
Widening engagement
Understanding OER Practice
Learning from OERInstitutional embedding
OMAC Phase 2
OER themes
key collaborations
Digitisation for OEROU SCORE
Digital Literacies
Digital Infrastructure
JISC Open work
com
mun
icat
ing
Com
mun
icat
ions
Info
kit
technical approaches
Hack/Challenge
Rapid Innovation
Pilots
coor
dina
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Pro
gram
me
man
agem
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The Role of JISC CETIS
About JISC CETIS
JISC Innovation Support Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards
Provide strategic technical advice to JISC supporting its development programmes
Represent UK F&HE on various international standards and specification bodies (and related initiatives)
Support various JISC programmes
The Role of JISC CETIS
Innovation Support
Innovation does not lend itself to “how-to” guides
There is an element of risk to innovation (less than the risk of not innovating)
Engagement with specific initiatives should be informed with respect to risk and potential of that initiative (we can help)
Information arising from this engagement should be shared (we can help)
The Role of JISC CETIS
OER Support
Technical guidelines, ongoing reflection and synthesis Technical discussions with projects and other initiatives
http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/lmc/2011/11/24/ukoer-3-technical-reflections/
http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/topic/oer
http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Open_Educational_Resources
OER Technical Interest Group #OERTIG Twitter #ukoer #oertig, email <[email protected]>
Promote informed engagement with new initiatives (e.g. schema.org / Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, Learning Registry)
Events, workshops, hackdays
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
IntroductionsOER ProgrammeOER Programme Digital Infrastructure WorkOER Rapid Innovation StrandRapid Innovation and Open InnovationUse Case RequirementGuidance on BiddingReminder of Key Facts
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid Innovation: Digital infrastructure for open content
The Call Document
Key Sections:
background
scope (also blogged)
project requirements
expectations
bid form
8-20
25-42
App D
43-53
55-82
Intended benefits of these projects
Intended benefits of these projects are:
A clearly identified use case will be met by the solution provided;
Increased understanding about how to identify and implement digital infrastructure solutions to support open content for education
An informed developer community, more aware of the target groups they are developing for;
Enhanced capacity, knowledge and skills to enable positive and informed change in the sector (through piloting new technologies and approaches)
Ideas for new or enhanced services, infrastructure, standards or applications that may be used at departmental, institutional, regional or national levels.
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Key Facts
Details: http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2011/11/29/oerri/
The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Friday 27th January 2012.
Projects should run between Monday 19th March 2012 and Friday 19th October 2012 at the latest. 4-6 months. Earlier finish dates are very welcome.
HEFCE-funded institutions may bid (including FE 400+)
Bidders may request between £10,000 and £25,000.
There is not a matched funding requirement for this Call.
You do not need to submit a full budget, but you should be clear about what staff and costs the funds will be spent on.
OER RI Strand: Call Scope
OER RI Strand: Call Scope
www.wordle.net of OER RI Call
OER RI Strand: Call Scope
Image used under CC license by: seanmcgrath, via OER Infokit
The landscape is complex and changing fast
The scope of this Call is deliberately broad
Cross-pollination is very welcome
25-42
OER RI Strand: Call Scope
Is your idea in scope?
Ask yourself ...
Is it a technical solution to support digital infrastructure for open content in education?
Can it deliver in max 6 months max 25k?
Is the technical solution transferable to other people/institutions/developers?
OER RI Strand: Call Scope25-42
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
IntroductionsOER ProgrammeOER Programme Digital Infrastructure WorkOER Rapid Innovation StrandRapid Innovation and Open InnovationUse Case RequirementGuidance on BiddingReminder of Key Facts
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid Innovation: Digital infrastructure for open content
Rapid Innovation and Open Innovation
“These are Rapid Innovation projects. The benefits of this approach are described in “Why Rapid Innovation?”2 In keeping with the size of the grants and short duration of the projects, the bidding process is lightweight (see the Bid Form) and the reporting process will be blog-based “
What does this mean for you?
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Rapid Innovation and Open Innovation
“Central to the success of the rapid innovation model is the idea that constraints can be liberating. Because of the strict limits on their resources, developers find themselves adapting and building on existing technology and ideas, instead of feeling obliged to reinvent the wheel with each new functionality. After all, two or three developers working for just a few months don’t have time to consider every type of user and every possible user situation”
http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/451/1/OBC.pdf
be realistic in your time and costs
use what already exists
Rapid Innovation and Open Innovation
“The JISC Rapid Innovation (JISCRI) programme helps to kick-start the process, guide the projects as they develop, and communicate their progress to the rest of the sector. As the central point of contact for all projects, JISC’s role is to see which projects are working well, and to share the successes and failures. This supports learning across the sector and helps avoid any possible duplication of effort, and it also encourages knowledge sharing between project teams.”
http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/451/1/OBC.pdf
“fail often, fail first, fail fast”
learn openly, learn together, learn fast
The Blogging Requirement
“46. Because of the nature of these projects, the primary reporting mechanism will be blog posts”
Minimum blog posts required Project plan
Use case documentation
Project in a nutshell post: 140char description, paragraph description, image
At least 2 interim updates
Lessons learnt post
List of outputs
Descriptive post per output
Reflections
2 minute video describing your output
The outputs themselves
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Recommended:
http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/blogging-practices-to-
support-project-work
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
IntroductionsOER ProgrammeOER Programme Digital Infrastructure WorkOER Rapid Innovation StrandRapid Innovation and Open InnovationUse Case RequirementGuidance on BiddingReminder of Key Facts
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid Innovation: Digital infrastructure for open content
Use Case Requirement
24. Bidders should note the requirement detailed in the Bid Form to produce a Use Case to accompany the proposal. These use cases must be made available as Creative Commons BY SA. Please see examples of Use Cases”
Please see blog post with additional guidance:
http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2011/12/07/oerri_usecases/
There is no suggested template. Just tell us clearly:
What is it that users want to be able to do and currently can’t?
What will you change to make it possible for them to do it?
How will you know if you have succeeded?
This is NOT a job to be done AFTER you have written your proposal: this is a key task in scoping your project
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Use Case Requirement
The use case should be made available as Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). This is to ensure that the thinking done by bidders does not go to waste. It is possible that bidders may identify a crucial use case but not have the technical or skills requirements to solve it. I therefore want to be able to share the use cases and make them available to others who may be able to create the technical solutions. Digital infrastructure for open content is global and distributed, there are experts all around the world that we could collaborate on solutions with.
(from the supplementary blog post)
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Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
IntroductionsOER ProgrammeOER Programme Digital Infrastructure WorkOER Rapid Innovation StrandRapid Innovation and Open InnovationUse Case RequirementGuidance on BiddingReminder of Key Facts
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid Innovation: Digital infrastructure for open content
Evaluation Criteria
EVALUATION CRITERIA (and weighting):
Extent to which bid meets the scope of the Call
(Strong / Weak / Out of Scope)
Value for money (10%)
Robust project plan (30%)
Clear and compelling use case (20%)
Potential benefits/impact (20%)
Engagement with users and stakeholders (10%)
Risk assessment (10%)
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Guidance on Bidding
Checklist at paragraph 100
and ...
State your objectives very clearly and concisely. Don’t just describe the problem, show us what you’re going to do about it. Map what you want to do against the requirements of the bid.
Include the Use Case.
Make an honest assessment of the risks around the project. We find bids can underestimate risks and challenges. For example: If you need more technical expertise or senior management buy-in, show us you recognise that. Provide an initial project plan, think about how it will run. Make sure your costings are clear. Name all the staff who will be involved.
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Guidance on Bidding
Think about sustainability: where will you be when the project ends, what will have changed because of your project. What will the value of the project be? What will have been achieved and how will you know you have got there?
Don’t wait until the end to “engage users and stakeholders”. Identify names and channels. Build them in to your plan. Think about how you are going to share and disseminate your work through the year (note blogging requirement).
Line up someone who will have a fresh read through the proposal a few days before, they may notice things that you have not made clear or that are confusing.
Submit it by the deadline!
Bid Form aka Bid Cover Sheet
Outline Project Description
– Max 500 words
Use Case
– Max 1 page / 500 words, diagrams welcome
– attached or as a URL. Licensed CC BY
Proposal
– Max 6 pages / 3,000 words including diagrams/charts
– This should include intended benefits/impact of the work, a schedule and structure for the work, risk assessment and a commitment to engaging with users and stakeholders
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing
IntroductionsOER ProgrammeOER Programme Digital Infrastructure WorkOER Rapid Innovation StrandRapid Innovation and Open InnovationUse Case RequirementGuidance on BiddingReminder of Key Facts
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid Innovation: Digital infrastructure for open content
Key Facts
Details: http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2011/11/29/oerri/
The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Friday 27th January 2012.
Projects should run between Monday 19th March 2012 and Friday 19th October 2012 at the latest. Earlier finish dates are very welcome.
HEFCE-funded institutions may bid (including FE 400+)
Bidders may request between £10,000 and £25,000.
There is not a matched funding requirement for this Call.
You do not need to submit a full budget, but you should be clear about what staff and costs the funds will be spent on.
Online BriefingCall for Proposals: OER Rapid InnovationDigital infrastructure for open contentAmber ThomasJISC Programme Manager
Friday 9th December 2011
Online Briefing