OERu/OERu 15.10 Meeting/Issues raised for 2015 CEOs meeting

Decision proposals arising from the 15.10 partner's meeting

 * 1) Achieve minimum viable product (MVP) for the OERu 1st year of study as delineated during the partners meeting
 * 2) * Complete programme specification document for the OERu 1st year of study based on the action steps recommended by the partners meeting.
 * 3) * 10 courses completed and delivered leading to an appropriate exit credential. Courses to be hosted on a common platform and available from OERu.org
 * 4) * Adopt an expression of interest model where partners are invited to nominate and assemble courses to complete the MVP.
 * 5) * Establish a programme director role and corresponding funding proposals to support the role.
 * 6) * Identify stream co-ordinators to provide oversight in ensuring completion of MVP. Stream coordinators will liaise with the curriculum and programme of study working group.
 * 7) Approve the OERu Credit Transfer and Credit Accumulation guidelines with recommendation for the Standing Committee for Credit Transfer to initiate consultative development of supporting processes and implementation guidelines.
 * 8) Endorse process for approval of 2016 operational priorities and KPIs
 * 9) * Note: OERu Strategic Plan 2015 -2017 was approved at November 2014 CEOs meeting
 * 10) *Task the Strategic Planning working group to refine priorities and KPIs recommended during the 2015.10 partner's meeting.
 * 11) * Distribute revised plan to OERu primary focal points and copy to CEOs for comment.
 * 12) * Task the CEOs executive committee to approve the 2016 priorities and KPIs.
 * 13) Refinements to the institutional action plan (IAP) process
 * 14) * Improve briefing process for the IAP call taking institutional readiness into account
 * 15) * Design process so that the OERu IAP call is made from the executive
 * 16) * Include option in the IAP for collaboration with network partners
 * 17) Open business model dissemination
 * 18) * Prepare 1-page cover sheet and distribute OERF and OERu partner business models as a resource for partners to increase return on investment from the OERu partner network.
 * 19) Recommendations to minimise barriers of participation. The top three barriers to engagement identified by the Input evaluation survey in order of priority are:
 * 20) Competing demands on time and resources to maintain OERu project momentum.
 * 21) Lack of exemplars of OERu courses which demonstrate the end-to-end process from course nomination, through to design, delivery and awarding of credit.
 * 22) Varying levels of expertise and experience in OER, cooperative design models and designing materials for mobile devices.

Redacted version of issues arising from the partner's meeting

 * 1) Marketing, communications, and fund development
 * 2) * Partner recruitment: Selected CEOs to help formulate strategy on how to sell the OERu case to CEOs including a clear summary of benefits to achieve 30 new partners by December 2017 (15 new partners by December 2016).
 * 3) * Student recruitment: Establish team to develop marketing strategy for recruiting OERu learners
 * 4) * Fund development: Corporate sponsorship and diversifying grant-based revenue
 * 5) Open technologies
 * 6) * Invite all partner institutions to nominate an appropriate staff member with relevant IT /Educational Technology skills to join the OERu technology working group.
 * 7) Consideration of what OERu partners need to have in place in order to engage effectively in the OERu (institutional readiness)
 * 8) Establish mentoring model to support new and recent members.
 * 9) * How should staff contributions be recognised?
 * 10) How are OERu partners recognised?

Record of initial issues raised during partners meeting

 * 1) CEOs to help formulate strategies on how to sell the OERu case to CEOs, including formulating a clear summary of benefits
 * 2) Moving from a nomination model of courses for a Bachelor in General Studies only, to include an expression of interest model based on a framework of targeted programs focussed on providing jobs for students agreed to by partners
 * 3) Advise on how to progress and implement the OERu IAP process (getting organisational sign off, responsible people)
 * 4) Recommendations for progressing marketing
 * 5) What do OERu institutions need to have in place to engage in the OERu implementation
 * 6) Inviting local technical staff at partner institutions to join the OERu technology working group.
 * 7) Marketing - refine focus
 * 8) Completed program of full courses leading to a credential
 * 9) How to sell the OERu case to CEOs – clear summary of benefits to meet recruitment objectives
 * 10) Based on the possible proactive dissemination of the aggregated open business model,  delineate strategies/initiatives for creating awareness of the potential of OERu to generate more affordable access to higher education.  The target audience for the proposed increasing awareness initiative should include politicians/government officials, who are responsible for policy-making associated with the funding of higher education, and who are (in many cases) increasingly concerned about the lack of fiscal sustainability of existing systems.
 * 11) Funding mechanisms to support a Programme Director
 * 12) Approval of credit transfer
 * 13) Mentoring programme - encourage early implementation for new and recent members (recognising staff contributions)
 * 14) MVP - reducing the barrier of time and resources
 * 15) Themes - programme directors