Proposal for Action: Quality assurance procedures

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Strategic goal

Improve processes for efficient OERu operations that underpin academic quality at scale

Strategic objective

Objective 1: Develop, implement and maintain operational guidelines for OERu quality assurance, credit transfer and course articulation

• Focus: OERu quality guidelines

Key performance indicator(s) for 2015

1. 10 courses which have developed in 2015 using the quality templates and communication tools (wiki development hub) developed by the Course Quality and Approvals Working Group in 2014
2. Revise and publish v2 OERu quality instruments (quality templates).
3. Develop v1 OERu quality guidelines that describe the process of approvals and the role of the quality instruments and the partners in ensuring quality courses.
4. Review the early/pilot courses using the OERu quality review guidelies (modified version of the eCampusAlberta standards.)

Summary description

The quality instruments are in a good working draft stage. The priority is suppoting design teams in using them. This real-life use will in turn drive the kind of iterative improvement to the processes and instruments that we ultimately seek.

Inputs

• Draft OERu quality review guidelines

Activity schedule

#	Activity	Summary description	Responsibility	Target date / Duration
Example	Survey 1st year BGS requirements	Conduct a survey of OERu partners with a BGS to determine subject requirements for 1st year of study	Curriculum & programme of study group (or individual / institution)	15 April 2015 (or ongoing)
1	Check in with IT Sligo re progress of their 2 courses	IT Sligo nominated 2 courses as being 75% complete at mid-2014. When will these courses run in 2015? Do they need any additional help or support to complete the courses? Would it be possible to provide "at a glance" course summary and design blueprint wiki pages and to link these to the new 2015 Course Development hub on the wiki? This will facilitate partner engagement and conversation with regard to collaboration and possible credit transfer. Do you need any help in undertaking this work communicating progress in the wiki?	Sean Mullery, IT Sligo	Please advise by 30th November 2014
2	Progress update re nominated courses	ESC nominated 2 courses as being 50% complete at mid-2014. When will these courses run in 2015? Do they need any additional help or support to complete the courses? Would it be possible to provide "at a glance" course summary and design blueprint wiki pages and to link these to the new 2015 Course Development hub on the wiki? This will facilitate partner engagement and conversation with regard to collaboration and possible credit transfer. Do you need any help in undertaking this work communicating progress in the wiki?	Betty Hurley and Joyce McKnight	30th November 2014
3	Progress update re nominated courses	TESC nominated 2 x PLA (100 and 200) courses as being 100% complete at mid-2014. When will these courses run in 2015? Do they need any additional help or support to complete the courses?	Steve Philips, TESC	November 30th 2014
4	Progress update re nominated courses	CSU nominated 1 course as being 50% complete at mid-2014. When will the course run in 2015? Do they need any additional help or support to complete the courses? Would it be possible to provide "at a glance" course summary and design blueprint wiki pages and to link these to the new 2015 Course Development hub on the wiki? This will facilitate partner engagement and conversation with regard to collaboration and possible credit transfer. Do you need any help in undertaking this work communicating progress in the wiki?	Linda Ward, CSU	30th November, 2014
5	Public OER website commitment re start-dates of nominated courses	Athabasca University nominated 4 courses as being 100% complete at mid-2014. When will these courses run in 2015? How soon can we get this information promoted on the OER public website? Do they need any additional help or support to complete the courses?	Rory McGreal, Athabasca University	30th November, 2014
6	Progress on nominated courses	Open Polytechnic nominated 2 courses (PSYC 110, 111) as being 75% complete at mid-2014. When will these courses run in 2015? Do they need any additional help or support to complete the courses?	Terry Neal, Open Polytechnic	November 30th, 2014
7	Progress and wiki/website updates on nominated courses	Otago Polytechnic nominated a number of micro courses that assemble into a a number of full courses, towards 2 distinct and complete programs. How soon can the "at a glance" course summary and design blueprint wiki pages be linked to the new 2015 Course Development hub on the wiki? How soon can study start-dates be confirmed for the first batch of micros and promoted via the OERu public website? Do you need any help in undertaking this work? Do you need any help or support in completing the course development including community review?	Wayne Mackintosh and Veronique Olin, Otago Polytechnic	Please advise by 30th November
8	Wiki links to progress (design templates) on nominated courses	The USQ team have been hard at work redeveloping OER1001 into a series of micros. Would it be possible for a summary of the progress (using the new design templates) to be provided and linked to the 2015 course developments page on the wiki?	David Bull, USQ	30th November 2014
9	Wiki links to progress (design templates) on nominated courses	North-West nominated a number of micro courses that assemble into a a number of full courses, towards a distinct and complete program. Would it be possible to provide "at a glance" course summary and design blueprint wiki pages and to link these to the new 2015 Course Development hub on the wiki? This will facilitate partner engagement and conversation with regard to collaboration and possible credit transfer. Do you need any help in undertaking this work communicating progress in the wiki? Do you need any help or support with the course development itself?	Rassie Loewe, North-West University, SA	please advise by 30th November 2014
10	Touch base with partners who have not yet nominated a course	Just a supportive conversation about how things are going, what any obstacles might be, and how we can help. UniSA, Uni South Pacific come to mind but there will be others	tbc	December 2014

Do you have issues which should be tabled at the OERu Council of CEOs meeting?

During group discussions, if any issues arise which in your opinion should be tabled at the OERu meeting of Chief Executive Officers, please add them directly to to the CEOs issues page here.