Flexible · Affordable · Accessible the people’s university Sheng Hung, Chung and Ean Teng, Khor School of Science and Technology, Wawasan Open University Framework for Development of OER-based Learning Materials

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible Design and Development of OER-based Course Materials OER-based Course Materials –TCC121/05 Programming Fundamentals with Java –TCC241/05 Database Programming Course Structure Reuse, Remix and Adaptation approach –Quality Assurance (QA), Licensing and Copyright

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible OER-based Course Development Cycle Creation Phase –Initiated by Course Development Team (CDT) –Course Syllabus, Course Development Timeline, Course Blue Print –OER Modules Creation Session –Creative Common (CC) Licensing Session –OER Repositories Identification Session Evaluation Phase –Course Team Report (Academic Members, ID) –Interim Reports (External Course Assessor) Production Phase –Layout & Editing –Course Development Report (CDR)

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible OER-based Course Development Phases Course Development Team: Course Team Coordinator, Academic Members, Course Writers, Instructional Designer, Graphics Designer, Learning and Library Services Representatives, External Course Assessor

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible OER-based Development Interim Reports OER-based related production documentsCourse Development Team (comprises of different stakeholders for specific course) Course Syllabus, Course Development Timeline  Course Writers, Course Team Coordinator Course Blue Print  Minutes Meeting (Course Team Coordinator, Course Writers, Academic Members, Instructional Designers)  Course Team Report  ECA Reports Course Guide  Minutes Meeting (Course Team Coordinator, Course Writers, Academic Members, Instructional Designers)  Course Team Report  ECA Reports Course Units write up  Minutes Meeting (Course Team Coordinator, Course Writers, Academic Members, Instructional Designers, Graphics Designers, Learning and Library Services Members)  Course Team Report  ECA Reports Assessments (TMAs, Examinations)  Minutes Meeting (Course Team Coordinator, Course Writers, Academic Members, Instructional Designers)  Course Team Report  ECA Reports Completed Course Units (Recommendations, Actions Taken)  Final ECA Report (Final Evaluation Report)

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible OER Repositories Identification OER Repositories Identification Session –Wikibooks, CNX, Bookboon, etc –Participants (Course Development Team, Academic Members, Authors, Instructional Designers, Editors, External Course Assessor) Focus on “how to develop” and usage of OER repositories “Step by step” OER creation and OER repositories walkthrough sessions

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible Collective Feedback Sessions (CFS) Collective Feedback Sessions OER Creation Initiative Discussionhttp:// assurance-repurpose-and-sharing-of-oer Members attended: Coordinator, Course Writers, Library members OER Repositories Walkthroughhttp:// of-oer-and-oer-repositories Members attended: Coordinator, Academic members, Instructional Designers. Assessment Discussion and Review of feedbacks programming-assessment-discussion Members attended: Coordinator, Course Writers Exploring Open Educational Resources – Review of Assessments assessments-ipohro-student Members attended: Coordinator, students OER Collective Feedback Sessionhttp:// creation-cars-collective-feedback-session Members attended: Coordinator, Academic members, Library members, Instructional Designers, Students Usage of tools in CFS: WizIQ video conferencing Desktop Sharing OER creation portal (CNX, EducaNext, OERwiki, etc) Demonstrate creation and collaboration Rapidly build and share custom collections Find and explore content

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible OER Module Creation Walkthrough Module 1: Object and Classes (Symbols of flowchart) Module 2: Intro to Object and Classes (Pseudocode) Module 3: Java Programming (Control Structures, Arrays) Create New OER module Modify existing OER module Figure 1: Module Creation (Module 1: image files for flowchart symbols, Module 2: Pseudocode for Java, Module 3: image files for Arrays) Figure 2: CNX portal Listing Created Module in personal workspace

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible MIT OCW Learning Objects Walkthrough MIT OCW Learning Objects Lecture notesOnline TextbooksProject and ExamplesImage GalleriesStudy Groups Assignments and SolutionsExams and SolutionsMultimedia contentOCW scholar Learning Objects (LOs) Creation lecture notes assignments and solutions online textbooks projects and examples image galleries streaming multimedia content OER-LOs Approach SCORM compliant, IMS compatibility Interoperatability (moodle-based platform)

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible OER-based Course Development Initiative Reduce course development timeline –(Development duration: 12 months) vs (Development duration 18 months) Reduce cost of copyright licensing Increase Openness of OER via 4 R’s approach (Reuse, Revise, Remix and Redistribute) Hilton, J., Wiley, D., Stein, J., and Johnson, A. (2010) “The four R’s of openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for Open Educational Resources.” Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning. 25 (1): (Taylor & Francis Version, Open-Repository Version).

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible Recommendations “The CFS held was useful towards creation of OER content” Dr Wong Li Pei, School of Computer Science, USM “I believe the external materials such as Wikibooks articles should be useful for learners.” Prof Andrew Lui, OUHK “I personally think that even though these views and discussions which are shared in CFS may differ with one another, it may also be useful to others in a particular problem-solving or researches.” Nadiatul Akmal, Wawasan Open University “I would like share what I had learned in my institution by participating in creation of OER materials. However, I would request the organisation to organize the workshop of the project”, Lim Chee Keong, Wawasan Open University

the people’s university Flexible · Affordable · Accessible Conclusion Development of OER-based learning materials via virtual learning sessions –Collective Feedback Session –OER Module Creation Session –CC Licensing Session –OER Repositories Identification Session Creation, Evaluation, Production phases Re-usable OER Learning Objects (LOs) OPAL Best Practice assurance-and-sharing-of-oer-initiative-wou/