OERu/OERu 14.11/SG3O3

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

Strategic objective
Objective 3: Develop and implement procedures for streamlining the nomination of OERu courses and supporting design documentation

Strategic approach

 * 1) Autonomy of OERu partners to manage their own partner and course descriptions on the OERu public website.
 * 2) Encourage open development of design documentation to minimise duplication of effort, leverage cooperation in the network and diversify the range of assessment services.

Key performance indicator(s) for 2015
(Provide recommendation for recalibrated target if necessary)


 * Review process and lessons learned from previous nomination calls.
 * Develop and publish streamlined process for course nominations and supporting design documentation.
 * 100% of OERu partners assign an administrator for their pages on the Content Management System.

2015 outputs

 * Review of nomination and design documentation used to date
 * Collaborative design of streamlined OERu process taking scalability into account for:
 * Course nominations
 * Course descriptions for the public OERu website
 * Design blueprint
 * Improve processes for maintaining and updating information on the OERu public website
 * Consider solutions for assuring quality and accuracy of public information on the OERu website.
 * Other?

Clarifying notes, issues and additional considerations

 * Not all partners have assigned local contact for the CMS administrator register.
 * Delays in publishing course descriptions for the OERu website.
 * OERu partners not keeping anticipated dates of delivery up to date.

Summary description
Provide short description / overview of this proposal for action here

Inputs

 * 1) Approach used to date:
 * 2) * Publish the call for nominations and suggested criteria on the wiki planning portal with a suggested due date.
 * 3) * Call for nominations and reminders are distributed via the partner's email planning list.
 * 4) * Online form and corresponding wiki page is used to publish nominations received.
 * 5) * OERu partners are invited to complete the short course summary which is published on the OERu public website. (OERu partners assign a local administrator who are provided with editing rights on the OERu content management system to maintain their course and partner pages.)
 * 6) OERu design and development workflow
 * 7) Draft design blueprint template
 * 8) Example of course description for OERu website
 * 9) Draft course development summary

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.