Results from the Q4R Project Gilbert Paquette Research Director, LICEF Center, CICE Research Chair Télé-Université The Distance University of Québe The Distance University of Québec Reusability and Quality for Learning Tokyo – February 8th

2 Quality for Reuse Project Collaboration between researchers and the major LOR initiatives in Canada, USA, Europe, Australia and Japan Goal: provide tools, techniques, procedures, principles and strategies in implementing quality assurance practices for high quality LOR. Phase I: Document Best Practices of GLOBE Partners and set up website and wiki Phase II: Invite LOR owners to participate by filling out the Best Practice Questionnaire, analyze data and extract valuable strategies. Phase III: Elaborate an interactive workflow model and invite partcipants to validate its usefulness Phase IV: Test the Quality Assurance model

3 Q4R Workflow Model

4 Needs Analysis Sub-process

5 Building the LOR Support System

6 Use and Maintain the LOR

7 Q4R Principles Content Quality Goal Alignment Adaptability Visual Design Usability Accessibility Reusability Standards Before Inclusion During Inclusion Repository Quality Metadata Quality Referencing Method Contributor’s Support Multi-actor Coordination Reduce form-filling After Inclusion Retrieval quality Maintenance planned Peer Reviews Publicity Feedback to authors Search options Collections

8 The Q4R Portal (