UKOER synthesis

This section points to the synthesis and summary work that CETIS has carried out in connection with the JISC and HEA OER programmes.

Summary Papers

 * Forthcoming - probably 4th quarter 2011

detailed posts

 * UKOER 2: technical synthesis introduction
 * UKOER 2: content description
 * UKOER 2: licences and Encoding
 * UKOER 2: content management platforms
 * UKOER 2: OER creation tools used
 * UKOER 2: analytics and tools to manipulate OERs
 * UKOER 2: dissemination protocols in use and representation in Jorum
 * UKOER 2: collections, technology and community
 * UKOER 2: without the collections Strand

Pilot Phase synthesis
Our reflections on the programme suggest some possible trends:
 * "Unsurprisingly projects have gravitated to technologies they are familiar with and already had in place.
 * Projects have used a mixture of elearning platforms, repositories, and innovative approaches
 * The standards used are often embedded in applications and their use is dependant on the application chosen.
 * The feasibility of aggregating distributed heterogeneous resource descriptions is still unproven.
 * The pilot programme points to ways forward to use both web2 applications and digital repositories and to exchange information between them.
 * Projects have chosen multiple platforms to support different functions such as preservation, streaming and dissemination, marketing and advocacy.
 * Projects’ technical choices primarily reflect resource management and distribution requirements – as opposed to course delivery requirements."

Summary papers

 * An overview of technology and descriptive choices in the UKOER pilot programme
 * One Standard to Rule Them All? Descriptive Choices For Open Education

Standards use in the pilot programme

 * The use of Dublin Core metadata in the UKOER programme
 * The use of IEEE LOM in the UKOER programme
 * The use of IMS QTI in the UKOER programme
 * The use of OAI-PMH and OAI-ORE in the UKOER programme
 * The use of SCORM in the UKOER programme
 * The use of IMS CP in the UKOER programme
 * The use of IMS QTI in the UKOER programme

Tools in use in the pilot programme

 * The use of web2.0 tools in the UKOER programme
 * The use of web publishing in the UKOER programme
 * The use of packaging and learning object creation tools in the UKOER programme
 * The use of VLEs in the UKOER programme
 * The use of repositories in the UKOER programme
 * The use of custom repositories/databases in the UKOER programme

Links to other resources

 * OER Infokit
 * UKOER Evaluation and Synthesis wiki