2016 Operational priorities

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This page lists the 2016 operational priorities according to the strategic goals and objectives of the OERu Strategic Plan 2015 - 2017.

2016 Operational priorities

1. Implement Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the free OERu 1^st year of study leading to an exit award.
2. Improve OERu marketing and communications to raise global awareness, to recruit prospective learners, and to promote the OERu concept to decision-makers to consider joining the consortium.
3. Continue improvement in OERu operations, including capacity development in the deployment of open source technologies, and the planning and implementation of open practices.

Proposed refinements

In response to the OERu evergreen strategic planning process, the following refinements to the organisation and process are proposed drawing on our prior experiences with the first year of the three year strategic plan:

• The 2015 statements for KPIs were not optimised for allocation of oversight and/or responsibility by our working group structures. This resulted in confusion regarding shared KPIs. The proposed 2016 KPIs have been allocated with more careful consideration of our working group structures, which have matured since 2014. The new groups.oeru.org communication tools will also assist with better coordination to avoid overlap. We have developed:

1. • Master table listing all the 2016 KPIs
   • Using Widget:DisplayTable we can generate different views eg, lists for individual working group home pages, tables structured using the strategic plan outline etc with the advantage of maintaining a single source for multiple views.

• Given the implementation focus for achieving MVP during 2016, to improve coordination of the related KPIs and reduce duplication of effort, we propose joint meetings during 2016 for the MVP related objectives of the following working groups:
  1. Strategic planning
  2. Standing Committee for Credit Transfer
  3. Curriculum and programme of study
  4. Course approval and quality

This group will operate as the MVP task force for 2016 and may replace the meetings of some of the individual working groups where the primary focus of the working group relates to MVP-specific KPIs.

1. Moved two strategic objectives to improve alignment with the corresponding strategic goal as per the explanatory notes below.

Final actions for 2015 arising from OERu 15-10 partner's meeting

• Distribute open business models to CEO's of partner institutions with final report for the year.
• Complete a survey of OERu partners to identify those that can offer an exit award for the 1st year of study
• Call for 1st year courses
• Activate the marketing group and update existing members on the state of play.

2016 Key performance indicators

The Council of CEOs tasked the Strategic Planning working group to refine the 2016 operational priorities and calibrate corresponding KPIs initiated during the 2015 meeting of OERu partners. These will be approved by the Executive Committee of the Council of CEOs after consultation with the OERu Management Committee. The KPIs are structured according to the goals and objectives of the OERu strategic plan 2015 - 2017.

Key points

• Suggested dates for completion are included to assist with managing the calendar of OERu activities. Dates can be edited on the master table by members of the OERu working groups
• The individual tables are sortable.
• The reference number states the strategic goal number and corresponding strategic objective in the strategic plan. For example "G2-O3-04" refers to the 4^th KPI of objective 3 under strategic goal 2. There is a mouse-over associated with each reference number which displays the text of the strategic goal in context which is useful in a large table when resorting items.

Strategic Goal 1

Develop a coherent OERu programme of study with defined learning pathways and exit credentials

Objective 1

Develop product for a coherent OERu programme of study
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Objective 2

Develop guidelines and implement procedures for building the OERu programme of study incorporating alternate pathways (streams)
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Strategic Goal 2

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

Objective 1

Develop, implement and maintain operational guidelines for OERu quality assurance, credit transfer and course articulation
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Objective 2

Develop, implement and maintain resources to support partners for effective engagement in the OERu network
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Objective 3

Build capability to expand roles for distributed and networked leadership to implement the OERu (This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Objective 4

Improve community engagement for OERu planning, implementation, technology innovation and technology integration
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Goal 3

Achieve a fiscally sustainable and scalable OERu network

Objective 1

Recruit the minimum number of partners for a fiscally sustainable OERu network
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Objective 2

Diversify external funding sources for OERu strategic and research projects
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Objective 3

Continue and expand the CIPP monitoring and evaluation of the OERu implementation
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)

Goal 4

Foster innovation through pilot projects which demonstrate the viability and strategic opportunities for the OERu network
(This table is extracted from the 2016 master KPI table)