1. Evaluating the practice of opening up resources for learning and teaching in social sciences Darren Marsh, C-SAP Anna Gruszczynska, C-SAP

2. Social sciences perspective on OERs Motivations Challenges Critique Communities of practice model Collaborative methodology

3. Materials submitted: 6 partners, 4 subjects, 360 credits

4. Series of development activities “Before” and “after” narratives Encouraging reflection Mapping the modules Providing the context An iterative process Shared working space: pbworkswiki

5. Teaching materials Tacit understandings Localised Context-bound Located on institutional VLEs The need to tease out the teaching rationale

6. Some propositions for pedagogical frameworks What is a pedagogical framework? The point is not to construct one ideal pedagogical framework; but neither are all possible frameworks equally satisfactory. Goodyear, P & Jones, C (2004) Pedagogical frameworks for DNER (Distributed National Electronic Resource)

7. Some propositions about the framework for the use and re-use of open educational resources: Part 1 a. courses are designed as 'sets' of modules (i.e. they have been modularised) b. modules (in line with HE convention and practice) are aligned with learning outcomes, and a form of assessment c. the contextualisation of modules involves intent that is often implicit / tacit / invisible - and constructing them to be shared requires this intent to be re-examined by a) the originator b) future user(s)

8. Some propositions about the framework for the use and re-use of open educational resources: Part 2 d. the re-use of modules that require strong context might afford (cultural) reproduction rather than a (re)design for learning e. stripping away contextual info in modules in order that they might be re-used is problematic in that insufficient structure may remain for others to use

9. Dimensions of transformation: translation ownership re-use recontextualisation

10. Producing materials which are: Shareable Customisable Accessible Pedagogically robust Open (CC licensing)

11. Case studies Partners’ reflections on the process: before, during, after Focused around one module but reflect across the scope of the project

12. Project toolkit Map Diagnose Generate (work in progress!)

13. Questions? Comments?