OER university/Planning/Brainstorm on criteria for course contributions

Developing criteria for course contributions to OERu
I've been been compiling criteria for identifying courses that might be suitable for the initial offering. Ideas were mostly gathered from this Wiki and associated documents. Thoughts on this would be welcome. Form and access Materials must be in digital form and freely available on the Web Resources = Teaching, learning and research resources Full courses (initial focus) Other future potential (standalone[?] or incorporated in the courses noted above):

No excessive bandwidth requirement Free from 3rd party copyright issues Non-proprietary media formats – i.e. common players Developer contracts without restrictions Convertible to low-tech formats No required purchased textbook (difficult!) Design Individual or group learning (? Important topic for discussion) Asynchronous Formal or informal contexts Self-assessment features (self-test - quizzes) Avoiding excessive localization unless relevant to course outcomes (...or not...Good discussion topic)  Program elements Qualify for lower level credit initially Acceptable for credit towards Bachelor of General Studies
 * Course materials
 * Modules
 * Textbooks
 * Streaming videos
 * Tests
 * Software
 * Games and simultations
 * Any other tools, materials or techniques used to support access to knowledge (Atkins, Brown &amp; Hammond 2007)

Quality assurance elements

Processes to assure student selection/advising/recruitment, which may vary insitutionally within a federated OERu set of overarching principles.

Processes to assure summative assessment (and maybe formative assessment too)

Processes for programme leadership and coordination

''[ is this more appropriate in another section? - Niki Davis ] Other Current and in overall good shape  NOTES'': The textbook issue alone appeared to make a major dent in our list (which is still under development) - and this argues strongly for concomitant work in open textbooks and journals.

The question around self-directed and collaborative models needs a lot of thought. Either way I think the courses will probably need some degree of review to "neutralize" some of the instructions to accommodate an agreed-upon meta-pedagogy.

Comments/edits are welcome --Idevries 08:02, 20 October 2011 (UTC)