Title: Topic 4: OER Production
Course: Working with Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Introduction

Institutional workflow frameworks and policies are important in guiding the implementation and sustainability of OER activities in an institution. Defined processes and policies should consider factors that can directly or indirectly influence the key role players in using and creating OERs. Setting up institutional policy for guiding the implementation of OER activities should consider factors which can be directly or indirectly influenced by different operational areas of institutions such as governance, finance, administration, human resources, ICT etc. In this topic you will learn the OER production workflow process in an institution and be able to apply it on your own institution as an educator and as well as a learner. The topic also covers factors that should be considered while setting up OER policies in institutions.

Objectives

At the end of this topic you should be able to:

- Analyse the CORRE and DScribe frameworks and be able to adapt them in establishing a production workflow in an institution.
- Understand the factors to consider while setting up an OER policy in an institution.

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