OER in the Social Sciences: Tacit models of resource creation Anna Gruszczynska, C-SAP (Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics)

C-SAP OER pilot project overview (1) Part of UK Open Educational Resources programme subject strand Critical social sciences perspective on the processes of sharing digital educational resources 6 academic partners: sociology (2), politics (2), anthropology (1) and criminology (1) Each partner contributed approximately 60 credits or equivalent of teaching material Materials were deposited into JORUMOpen and MERLOT (US-based educational repository) for sharing

C-SAP OER pilot project overview (2) Rationale Within the context of HE academic practice, most teaching resources are produced at individual level The ways in which resources are used in a teaching context are often unrecorded (relying on tacit understanding) To re-use material effectively, such tacit understandings might have to be revealed and made open Aims Explore processes, challenges, assumptions about sharing and re-use Examine the taken-for- granted, tacit assumptions behind teachers’ selection of topics, issues, pedagogic approaches etc. Encourage longer term release of open resources

Exploring ‘tacitness’ Copyright and IPR ‘Ownership’ status Module provenance and history ‘Normal’ review prior to open release Relation of original programmes Community of practice Collaborative wiki workspace Peer supported review exercises ‘Mapping’ of module outline and contents to facilitate re-use Copyright audits of materials Project toolkit - ‘mapping’ materials, ‘diagnostic’ editing Source ‘content’ deposited in JORUM and other platforms Module mappings in project website

C-SAP OER project toolkit: mapping Mapping for OER Overview Pedagogy Subject benchmarks Outcomes and assessment Content Comments

C-SAP OER project toolkit: diagnose/review Possibility of re- using OER descriptions created with the mapping tool Guidance on creating new OERs from existing module content

Project case studies  Partners’ reflections on the process: before, during, after – examination of assumptions, challenges involved in “opening up” the materials  Focused around one module - but reflect across the scope of the project  Video overview and module ‘map’ link  Supporting materials

Deposit into JORUMOpen Search terms: Collections Author title keywords Granularity: mostly single items No extra space to expose tacit elements of the resource

Deposit into MERLOT Search terms: Materials Members Learning exercises Subject Categories Additional features: Peer review Comments Description field as a space to explore tacit practice

Questions? Comments? For more information about the C-SAP OER pilot project or to download the toolkit please visit sap.bham.ac.uk/oer/ sap.bham.ac.uk/oer/ To find out more about the involvement of C-SAP in the OER programme, have a look at OER-related resources on our slideshare account If you have any queries related to this presentation or work undertaken by C-SAP, feel free to contact Anna Gruszczynska, 10