Continuous Improvement of OER
The overarching theme of the resources for this chapter is taking your OER and making it better. I kept thinking about the following statement from the reading:
“If the instructional materials you are working with do not belong to you or your employer, are not openly licensed, or are available only in file formats that are not conducive to adaptation and modification, you may not be able to engage in continuous improvement.” – Wiley, D. , Strader, R., & Bodily, R.
I’ve never personally been in a position as an instructor to heavily rely on a publisher’s textbook or provide instructional materials. I don’t know if there is an agreement but I’m getting the impression that in these cases faculty don’t have the legal ability to modify slides even if the intent is to improve the learning experience. I think this is more reason to adopt OER to have the freedom to use the 5Rs.
I was interested in the RISE framework. I think I have an understanding of the theory behind it but I’m not sure if I understand the practical sense; meaning; how would I set up my course so I can easily see the correlation between resources viewed and student grades. I found the following matrix to be very useful:
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High Grades
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High student prior knowledge, inherently easy learning outcome, highly effective content, poorly written assessment
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Effective resources, effective assessment, strong outcome alignment
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Low Grades
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Low motivation or high life distraction of students, too much material, technical or other difficulties accessing resources
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Poorly designed resources, poorly written assessments, poor outcome alignment, difficult learning outcome
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Low use
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High Use
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- Wiley, D. , Strader, R., & Bodily, R. (2020). Continuous Improvement of Instructional Materials. In J. McDonald & R. E. West, Design for Learning: Principles, Processes, and Praxis. EdTech Books.
- Bodily, R., Nyland, R., & Wiley, D. (2017). The RISE Framework: Using Learning Analytics to Automatically Identify Open Educational Resources for Continuous Improvement. International Review of Research on Distance and Open Learning, 18(2).
