1. OER Life Cycle: From Authoring to Publishing / July 2009 / OER Hands-On Production Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License Copyright © 2009 The Regents of the University of Michigan Kathleen Ludewig Adapted from earlier presentations by Pieter Kleymeer and Garin Fons

2. The OER life cycle. Authoring Clearing Editing Archiving Publishing

3. post production clearing... Authoring Clearing Editing Archiving With post-production clearing, the system gets clogged up and becomes less efficient Publishing

4. Pre-production clearing - stages Authoring + Clearing use content created locally (from KNUST) choose 3rd party content from open sources that give explicit open licenses (or content that is in the public domain) document all 3rd party content with pertinent source information

5. Editing display a clear notice of how others may use your work (e.g. CC license) edit the resource to include 3rd party licenses and source citations Pre-production clearing - stages.

6. 6 Checklist for published resources All published resources must have: 1. A Creative Commons license 2. The name of the Copyright Holder 3. The name of author(s) 4. Institutional Branding 5. General contact person 6. Acknowledgements of those who contributed (funders, collaborators) 7. Proper citation for third-party objects 8. Necessary disclaimers (see next slide)

7. 7 Disclaimers There are 4 Disclaimers that a material may have. The first one is required for all. The rest are only included if relevant. They are contained in the OER HTML templates. 1. Medical images and general liability 2. Medical patients 3. Third-party content 4. Student actors

8. Questions for discussion :: Considering access and connectivity constraints, what file formats, file sizes, etc. are best? :: Is there a quality assurance process after an OER module is finished to ensure that a material is reviewed for policy issues (e.g. dScribe)? Is the module also peer-reviewed for content? :: Once an OER module is finished and reviewed, where is it stored? Who uploads it to the server? What is the process for updating materials?