Creating Open Educational Resources : Guidelines for Quality Assurance

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Creating Open Educational Resources : Guidelines for Quality Assurance

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Paul Kawachi FRSA

kawachi @ open-ed.net

open educational resources

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Creating Open Educational Resources : Guidelines for Quality Assurance

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Paul Kawachi FRSA

kawachi @ open-ed.net

http://www.open-ed.net / library / oer-quality.ppt

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what exactly is quality assurance QA

and how can we build QA into our design of OER

what are the criteria of quality

that we use as guidelines in designing OER

overview

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as an example for discussion :

will tutor training improve the quality of tutoring ?

overview

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as an example for discussion :

will tutor training improve the quality of tutoring ?

are we simply interested in tutor quality, or

are we interested rather in achieved learning ?

overview

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as an example for discussion :

do you think increasing tutor training is good ? or

should we just increase the number of tutors ?

answers differ according to the perspectives

of different stakeholders … students, parents, admin, etc

overview

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as an example for discussion :

for OER quality …

we mean, those characteristics / attributes of OER

that induce better quality of achieved learning

in some cases OER for teachers need

the attributes of easy discoverability …

so we might need different sets of quality criteria

overview

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i definition of ‘quality assurance’

ii stakeholders concerned about quality

iii different perspectives

iv summary

overview

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i definition of ‘open’

ii definition of ‘OER’

methods

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ii definition of ‘open’

methods

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ii definition of ‘open’

methods

redrawn from Hodgkinson-Williams & Gray, 2008, with graphics from http://creativecommons.org/licenses

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the Creative Commons licences :

methods

graphics from http://creativecommons.org/licenses

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the Creative Commons licences :

methods

graphics from http://creativecommons.org/licenses

By-Attribution :

allows any use with attribution to the original author

By-Attribution and Share-Alike :

below plus any derivative must carry same licence

By-Attribution and No-Derivatives :

allows any use with attribution to the original author, and no derivative

By-Attribution and Non-Commercial :

allows any use provided the original author is accredited, and no commercial use

By-Attribution and Non-Commercial and Share-Alike :

allows any use with attribution to the original author, no commercial use,

plus any derivative must carry same licence

By-Attribution and Non-Commercial and No-Derivatives :

allows any use provided the original author is accredited, no commercial use, and no derivative

any use =

free-of-cost to reuse

to share with others,

and to remix

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i definition of ‘quality assurance’

definition

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i definition of ‘localisation’

definition

increased

simplicity

more

complexity

customised

internationalisation

localisation

adapted

reusable

customised customised

can export / import

adapted

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i definition of ‘quality assurance’

discoverability can be facilitated through

(a) metadata tagging, and

(b) social tagging

however … social tagging needs moderating

definition

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(b) social tagging

European OER repository OpenScienceResources

has five social tags in its third top-rated content

OER on Foucault’s Pendulum

each / all promoting shoes, clothes and sunglasses

http://www.osrportal.eu/en/node/94374

clearly … social tagging needs moderating

definition

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concerning language :

European OER repository OpenScienceResources

has top-rated content

in only a single language (as follows in order)French, English, Greek, Greek, Greek, Greek, French, Portuguese, German, English, Portuguese,

Greek, Portuguese, Greek, German, Portuguese, German, Portuguese, English, and so on

Perhaps initially OER should be created in one of

a few key global languages such as

English, French, and Chinese ?

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ii stakeholders concerned about quality :

1) current and future students

2) parents, families, and friends

3) current and future employers

4) funding agents eg governments

5) community and wider society

6) teachers

7) administration and assistant staff

8) other universities

stakeholders

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iii different perspectives

perspectives

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summary

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iv summary :

1) quality assurance is best defined

according to the students' perspective

as achieving improved quality of learning

notably the higher-order critical thinking skills

for mobility, employability, and lifelong learning

summary

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You can download these slides freely from the website

http://www.open-ed.net / library / oer-quality.ppt

or by email to me at

kawachi @ open-ed.net