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Framework for Development of
OER-based Learning Materials
Sheng Hung, Chung and Ean Teng, Khor
School of Science and Technology,
Wawasan Open University
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Design and Development of
OER-based Course Materials
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• OER-based Course Materials
– TCC121/05 Programming Fundamentals with Java
– TCC241/05 Database Programming
• Course Structure
• Reuse, Remix and Adaptation approach
– Quality Assurance (QA), Licensing and Copyright
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OER-based Course Development
Cycle
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• Creation Phase
– Initiated by Course Development Team (CDT)
– Course Syllabus, Course Development Timeline, Course Blue
Print
– OER Modules Creation Session
– Creative Common (CC) Licensing Session
– OER Repositories Identification Session
• Evaluation Phase
– Course Team Report (Academic Members, ID)
– Interim Reports (External Course Assessor)
• Production Phase
– Layout & Editing
– Course Development Report (CDR)
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OER-based Course Development
Phases
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Course Development Team:
Course Team Coordinator, Academic Members, Course Writers, Instructional
Designer, Graphics Designer, Learning and Library Services Representatives,
External Course Assessor
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OER-based Development
Interim Reports
OER-based related production documents
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Course Development Team (comprises of different stakeholders for specific course)
Course Syllabus,
Course Development Timeline
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Course Writers, Course Team Coordinator
Course Blue Print
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Minutes Meeting (Course Team Coordinator, Course Writers, Academic Members, Instructional
Designers)
Course Team Report
ECA Reports
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Course Guide
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Course Units write up
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Minutes Meeting (Course Team Coordinator, Course Writers, Academic Members, Instructional
Designers)
Course Team Report
ECA Reports
Minutes Meeting (Course Team Coordinator, Course Writers, Academic Members, Instructional
Designers, Graphics Designers, Learning and Library Services Members)
Course Team Report
ECA Reports
Assessments
(TMAs, Examinations)
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Minutes Meeting (Course Team Coordinator, Course Writers, Academic Members, Instructional
Designers)
Course Team Report
ECA Reports
Completed Course Units
(Recommendations, Actions Taken)
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Final ECA Report (Final Evaluation Report)
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OER Repositories Identification
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• OER Repositories Identification Session
– Wikibooks, CNX, Bookboon, etc
– Participants (Course Development Team, Academic
Members, Authors, Instructional Designers, Editors,
External Course Assessor)
• Focus on “how to develop” and usage of
OER repositories
• “Step by step” OER creation and OER
repositories walkthrough sessions
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Collective Feedback Sessions (CFS)
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Collective Feedback Sessions
OER Creation Initiative Discussion
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/645825-creationassurance-repurpose-and-sharing-of-oer
Members attended: Coordinator, Course Writers,
Library members
OER Repositories Walkthrough
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/644140-basic-guideof-oer-and-oer-repositories
Members attended:
Coordinator, Academic members, Instructional
Designers.
Assessment Discussion and Review of
feedbacks
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/636868-javaprogramming-assessment-discussion
Members attended:
Coordinator, Course Writers
Exploring Open Educational Resources
– Review of Assessments
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/640403-review-ofassessments-ipohro-student
Members attended:
Coordinator, students
OER Collective Feedback Session
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/647666-oercreation-cars-collective-feedback-session
Members attended:
Coordinator, Academic members, Library members,
Instructional Designers, Students
Usage of tools in CFS:
•WizIQ video conferencing
•Desktop Sharing
•OER creation portal (CNX,
EducaNext, OERwiki, etc)
•Demonstrate creation and
collaboration
•Rapidly build and share custom
collections
•Find and explore content
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OER Module Creation
Walkthrough
Module 1: Object and Classes (Symbols of flowchart)
http://cnx.org/content/m41591/latest/
Module 2: Intro to Object and Classes (Pseudocode)
http://cnx.org/content/m41398/latest/
Module 3: Java Programming (Control Structures, Arrays)
http://cnx.org/content/m41396/latest/
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Create New
OER module
Modify
existing
OER module
Figure 2: CNX portal
Figure 1: Module Creation
Listing Created Module in personal workspace
(Module 1: image files for flowchart symbols, Module 2:
Pseudocode for Java, Module 3: image files for Arrays)
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MIT OCW Learning Objects
Walkthrough
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MIT OCW Learning Objects
Lecture notes
Online Textbooks
Project and Examples
Image Galleries
Assignments and Solutions
Exams and Solutions
Multimedia content
OCW scholar
Study Groups
Learning Objects (LOs) Creation OER-LOs Approach
•lecture notes
•assignments and solutions
•online textbooks
•projects and examples
•SCORM compliant, IMS
compatibility
•Interoperatability (moodle-based
platform)
•image galleries
•streaming multimedia content
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OER-based Course
Development Initiative
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• Reduce course development timeline
– (Development duration: 12 months) vs (Development duration 18 months)
• Reduce cost of copyright licensing
• Increase Openness of OER via 4 R’s approach
(Reuse, Revise, Remix and Redistribute)
Hilton, J., Wiley, D., Stein, J., and Johnson, A. (2010) “The four R’s of openness and
ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for Open Educational Resources.” Open Learning: The
Journal of Open and Distance Learning. 25 (1): 37-44. (Taylor & Francis Version,
Open-Repository Version).
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Recommendations
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• “The CFS held was useful towards creation of OER content” Dr
Wong Li Pei, School of Computer Science, USM
• “I believe the external materials such as Wikibooks articles should
be useful for learners.” Prof Andrew Lui, OUHK
• “I personally think that even though these views and discussions
which are shared in CFS may differ with one another, it may also be
useful to others in a particular problem-solving or researches.”
Nadiatul Akmal, Wawasan Open University
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“I would like share what I had learned in my institution by participating in
creation of OER materials. However, I would request the organisation to
organize the workshop of the project”, Lim Chee Keong, Wawasan Open
University
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Conclusion
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• Development of OER-based learning materials via virtual
learning sessions
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Collective Feedback Session
OER Module Creation Session
CC Licensing Session
OER Repositories Identification Session
• Creation, Evaluation, Production phases
• Re-usable OER Learning Objects (LOs)
• OPAL Best Practice
http://www.oer-quality.org/creation-repurposeassurance-and-sharing-of-oer-initiative-wou/
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