OERu/OERu 15.10 Meeting/Group 2 Planning the first year of study

Context
Wayne Mackintosh to summarise on behalf of the Curriculum and Programme of Study working group


 * 1) We have a smorgasbord board of 50+ course nominations but are clearly lacking in sufficient product for the first year of study.
 * 2) * 30% of these nominations are earmarked for two programmes with corresponding exit credentials (Diploma in Tertiary Education and the Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Risk Studies.)
 * 3) * 10% (5 courses) are 2nd year level
 * 4)  14% (7 courses) are 3rd year level
 * 5) * 14% (7 courses) are 1st year nominations
 * 6) * The remainder are "boutique" or pre-university courses
 * 7) David porter recommends that minimum viable product (MVP) demonstrating an end-to-end process requires:
 * 8) * 5 to 10 exemplar courses
 * 9) * Completed by a target date (eg June 2016)
 * 10) * Hosted on a common platform
 * 11) * Available from one location (OERu.org)
 * 12) * From which students can participate,
 * 13) * And on completion could be directed to OERu institutions providing assessment,
 * 14) * Where they could achieve a credit-based assessment
 * 15) * Towards transcript credit that would be awarded, badged and recognised towards an exit credential.
 * 16) We have prototyped, trialled and tested a collaborative authoring approach and high-level structure to produce professional mobile responsive content that can be integrated into the majority of learning management systems in the OERu network.
 * 17) Micro courses are recommended to facilitate virtual mobility and reuse.
 * 18) Critical path requirements - Ideally:
 * 19) * The course nomination (or set of micro courses) must be available for assessment and transcript credit at a minimum of one OERu parter.
 * 20) * The set of courses in the MVP must be able to articulate to at least one exit credential through credit transfer or assessment services / challenge for credit for all courses in the MVP set at a minimum of one partner.

What steps are required to bring the existing 1st year nominations to minimum viable product status

 * 1) C Programming 101 (IT Sligo)
 * 2) International relations in Asia and the Pacific (USQ)
 * 3) Art Appreciation and Techniques (TRU)
 * 4) Introduction to sustainable practice (Otago Poly)
 * 5) Atmosphere weather and climate (UHI)
 * 6) Geography tourism and sustainability (UHI)
 * 7) Introduction to Psychology 1 (KPU)

==What steps are required to achieve and complete the programme specification for the 1st year of study?==


 * 1) Identify which institutions in the network can offer an award for the 1st year of study
 * 2) Establish the course requirements for the award
 * 3) Establish how existing 1st year courses fit the identified awards
 * 4) Agreed to use the existing OERF platform
 * 5) Agree to develop a full year