Designing academic volunteers international

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Aims of the activity (longer term)

To develop a financially sustainable and scalable system for Academic Volunteers international (AVI)

Objectives

Objectives

To nurture the devlopment of a the critical mass of volunteers for needed self-orgasnisation and scalable growth To Select, modify or adapt an appropriate OSS system(s) for social networking, microblogging, FAQs etc. To remix and develop OERs as resource for capacity building of volunteers Develop online training opportunities for volunteers using WikiEducator's Learning4Content model.

Narrative description of what the AVI design activity will do

The activity of designing "Academic Volunteers International" is to develop a sustainable and scalable community ecosytem for proving a pyramid of volunteer support starting from:

• Frequently asked questions (the 80% of questions which typically are asked during each iteration of a course) and corresponding solutions to help OERu learners find the answers they are looking for;
• Scalable systems of peer-to-peer learner support which focuses on the design of courses and solutions for OERu learners to connect with each other.
• AVI facilitation which could include both generic learning support as well as content specific expertise.
• "Guru" AV's who through have achieved the highest levels of status within the AVI community and are the experts for resolving the remaining 20% of issues which are not addressed through the lower levels in the pyramid.

The AVI design activity will also:

• Develop strategies for recruiting initial volunteers for the OERu 2012 prototype courses.
• Design solutions for recruitment, how a self-selection model could operate and corresponding capacity building for digital literacies and e-moderation.
• Develop guidelines for the design of OERu courses to promote effective integration of the AVI subsystem within the learning experience.
• Commence work on infrastructure and technology support by developing usecase scenarios to assist with selecting open source software solutions and existing Internet infrastructure to support the AVI subsystem.
• Prepare the inputs and documentation necessary for prospective funding proposals to assist with addressing strategic gaps for operationalising the AVI
• Trial and early version of the AVI model/system in parallel with the OERu 2012 protoype(s) to assist with generating data for further design and refinement of the system.

Inputs

Existing inputs

• OERu 2011.11 meeting outputs for AVI
• Coordination team to develop a framework proposal: Vasi Doncheva, Coordinator (NorthTec); with support from Wayne Mackintosh (OER Foundation), Graham Bell (NMIT), Herbert Thomas (University of Canterbury).

Required inputs

• Staff and volunteer time for design and development of the model
• Funding for strategic development of support technologies

Resources

• Openki - platform to match volunteers with OERu courses?

Sub-activities

Sub-activity	Outputs	Key performance indicators
SCoPE AVI planning seminar	Proposals from OERu 2011.11 meeting for AVI reviewed by the open community Key themes for designing AVI identified and discussed by open community Proposals for the design of AVI considered by open community Structure for framework proposal document proposed by open community	Rough consensus of key themes, proposals and structure for AVI framework proposal achieved.
User stories for AVI system design	User roles for the AVI system identified by the open community User stories for AVI posted on WikiEducator by open community.
AST1000 prototype for design of AVI	Brainstorm ideas for AVI worth testing during the AST1000 prototype Define outputs for the AST1000 AVI prototype activity Implement and evaluate activities for AVI during the AST1000 prototype	Document lessons learned from the AST1000 prototype to inform the future design and organisation of AVI