Short overview of the C-SAP subject strand OER JISC project

1. Evaluating the Practice of Opening up Resources for
Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences
Core project partners
• Regent’s College London
(Anthropology)
• Manchester Metropolitan University
(Criminology)
• University College Plymouth St
Mark & St John (Politics)
• University of Ulster (Politics)
• Aston University (Sociology)
• Keele University (Sociology)
Project co-ordinator
Darren Marsh, C-SAP
d.l.marsh@c-sap.bham.ac.uk
0121 4142998
Deposit into
JORUM Open
Research
pedagogic
support
framework
Start:
Identify content,
begin IPR check
Re-work content
if necessary for
open use
Development
workshops with
peers and
evaluation –
refine pedagogic
framework
Review use of
materials,
potential for re-
use, and develop
supporting
project toolkit.
Workflow process

2. • Shift from tacit understandings embedded in teaching materials to more
explicit resources
• Exploration of processes, challenges, assumptions about sharing
materials and/or practice
• Development of pedagogical frameworks and toolkits for re-use and re-
purposing
• IPR and copyright licensing (in particular with regard to images) as well
as branding/marketing issues
• The use of JORUMOpen and Web2.0. tools as deposit platforms
• Creation of customisable and adaptable OERs
Key issues for C-SAP OER project
Evaluating the Practice of Opening up Resources for
Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences