Syllabus document - comments, suggestions, discussion: OSS production course team: Groups.OERu

Hi everyone,

I have added (as discussed in a previous post) an annotated version of the
Syllabus document to Google Drive, accessible via this link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3pAELZoE8ZJUXJmd3Z2MXBtY0E

Please note that this is just some observations and ideas, it is by no means
meant to represent a final version – rather it is specifically designed to
generate discussion.

Please do go into the document and add comments and suggestions.

I'll also be working on a visual diagram that Angela and I sketched out with
Ken last week that shows the various uses of the course across different
contexts. It has helped to consolidate our thinking and might be of use to
others.

Regards,
Adrian

Hi everyone,

The diagrams that Adrian has created (see above Google Drive) are fabulous. I
am a visual person, so I immediately saw the links between scenario 1 and 4,
where 1 are 4 micro courses, and if they cover each three weeks, then they fit
nicely into USQ Moodle study desk for scenario 4. Thanks Adrian for creating
these scenarios.

We had another one of our weekly USQ team meetings (Thursdays 2-3 pm), and it
was very productive. There are a number of things that can occur concurrently.
There would be internal USQ approval processes that we can start off for USQ
Moodle course (I already set things into motion). Working on USQ course
creation and Moodle study desk at the same time as the OSS course development
using WikiEducator allows us to consider all aspects (AQF, ACS, USQ procedures,
etc.) are covered to balance and synchronise requirements between the two.

For this purpose we discussed that we would be working concurrently on the
Moodle study desk and the OSS course in WikiEducator at the same time.

Which leads me to a question:

It would be great if we could have two courses set up in WikiEducator.

- One that will be the production course that we will build up over time.
- Second one that will be our sandpit, where we will try things out (new ideas,
different design to accommodate different device requirements, etc.), where it
does not matter when something is not completed or working, but a place where
we test, before moving the functionality to the production course.This sandpit
would then be deleted once we completed the new course.

Regards
Angela

Hi Angela

Great to see the internal discussions progressing!

The value of collaborative OER development is to work on a single source of
resources that can be reused in multiple delivery contexts.

The OERF is interested in a production course that can be delivered via the
OERu platform as well as the internal Moodle study desk. Working on
multiple instances of the same course seems like we may be spreading scarce
resources a little thin.

My gut feel is that we should keep the development simple and focused on an
achievable target in the short term. The bigger vision of running a
production version plus a sandpit development version is a great idea, but
we don't have the resources or capacity to implement this imo.

Wayne Mackintosh (Mobile)
OER Foundation / OERu

I have been in today and populated the Wekan Board with tasks, links and
updates (not much, but it does represent the conceptual work currently being
undertaken), and tried to consolidate the working pages for the team (sent an
email to this effect this afternoon that consolidates the links).

Currently, we're working on schedules of content for the proposed micro-courses
(using Pat's Syllabus), aligning them with Karl's book, and then we'll have a
more in-depth proposal to put forward. This will be the Micro-course names, as
well as suggested Topics for each course.

We have another meeting tomorrow afternoon, so expect some updates during the
week to come, and more changes to the WikiEducator pages.

Adrian

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