1. Integrating openness in course design Based on a presentation “Moving to OER at Athabasca University: An Institutional Strategy” given at the Open Education Conference, Vancouver (October 18, 2012) Cindy Ives, Mary Pringle, Rodger Graham, Chris Manuel Centre for Learning Design and Development October 25, 2012

2. Why? Low learner persistence in DOL To enhance motivation, engagement –Learning activities approach –Opportunity for growth in information literacy –Practical way to enrich learner experience Philosophical commitment to all things open

3. How? Integrated plan (see http://cldd.athabascau.ca/open- educational-resources/plan.php) captures all initiativeshttp://cldd.athabascau.ca/open- educational-resources/plan.php Inventory of OER (objects, activities, courses) Survey of perspectives Conversations with academics about digital resources generally OCW commitments Learning design approach: interaction with content

5. Tactical Solution 1 Develop Flash activity “engines” –Maintain all content external to the Flash activity Images, video, audio, text and layout Cross-compile using Flash Builder –Flash Player web plug-in (all major browsers, including pre-HTML5) –iOS native apps –Android AIR apps –OS-X and Windows AIR apps Migrate activity engines to HTML5/Javascript –Content is reusable from Flash activities

6. Tactical Solution 2 Use Office applications for content development –Office adheres to Open Office XML Import and display content at run-time from the original document –PowerPoint (.pptx) web renderer –Currently a Flash app, will migrate to HTML5 in 2013 Add custom layer of interactivity over the basic content –Learning Tree from previous slide will be revised to accept Visio (.vsdx) input

7. Tactical Solution 3 Other course development practices e.g. copyright –Online permissions only –Using Fair Dealing as appropriate –Using open access resources (research, textbooks) Finding, creating, adapting OERs (and sharing)

8. Challenges Challenges to address: –Quality issues –Implications for workload –Recognition and compensation –Moving beyond isolated cases of use, adaptation and creation to systemic design approaches –Orienting and involving students –Personal interest and social conscience; case by case approach

9. Lessons learned Content preparation using common software Learning from mistakes in course design Systemic changes needed Technical expertise for creation and adaptation critical Other