2nd Regional Symposium on Open Educational Resources: Beyond Advocacy, Research and Policy 24 – 27 June 2014 Sub-theme 5: Quality Keynote: Institutional Frameworks for Quality Assurance of OER Prof. V.S. Prasad

1. Presented at
2nd Regional Symposium on Open Education Resources: Beyond
Advocacy, Research and Policy, 24th – 27th June 2014
Wawasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia
on
Institutional Frameworks for
Quality Assurance of OER

2. The Argument
 The quality initiatives of OER needs to be
appreciated in the contextual framework
Key elements of contextual dynamics
 The Socio-economic and Political system
 The Technological Revolution
 Philosophical orientation of OER

3. The Presentation mainly focuses on:
Scope of quality
Quality as fit of purpose – Goals and objectives
quality
Quality as fit for purpose – Inputs, processes and
outcomes of quality
Systems of quality
Institutional frameworks for OER quality
External Assessment Systems of OER quality

4. The Question
 Are we identifying the right aspects for OER
Quality Assessment?
The Answer
 The Objectives of OER as benchmarks of OER
quality assessment
 The ethical frameworks of OER quality may
have to be based on social ethics of OER
 “Social Efficiency ” as OER quality goal

5. The Question
 Are we assessing the OER quality in right
ways?
The answers
 OER Quality Guidelines based on Open
Learning Architecture
 OER Quality Guidelines based on synergy of
interests of multiple stakeholders

6. Quality as Alignment of Roles
OER
Quality
Management
Learner
Techno-
strcture
Staff

7.  Light touch approach
 Guiding the self–direction

8.  How to design self-assessment of quality of OER materials?
 How to develop internal institutional frameworks for assessing,
promoting and sustaining OER quality?
 How to build knowledge architecture integrating individual rights
approach and social responsibility approach of academic world?
 How to assess the institutional maturity level to participate in OER
projects? How suitable is the OPAL Matrix for Asian contexts?
 How to contextualise OER quality guidelines without losing sense of
purpose?
 How to embody quality guidelines in OER material as a self-regulatory
process?
 What is an appropriate design for external assessment of quality of
OER?
 Can a crowd-source external assessment be acceptable in the academic
world?
 How technology use and appropriate use of meta-data can assist in
retrieving quality OER?

9.  quality is “our common future”
Thank You