Lou ZweierDirector, CSU Center for Distributed Learning

Academic Technology ServicesCSU, Office of the Chancellor

Authoring Process

Authoring Tools

Q & A

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Scholarship of the Discipline Teaching of the Discipline

Institutional Imperative

Tenure and Promotion/ Grants/ Reputation

Tenure & Promotion/ Affordable Learning Solutions

Design Standard design of text-based articles

Custom Instructional Design/ SLO Context for Program

Development MS Word Multimedia Tools

Quality Assurance

Peer Review by Journals Peer Review by Communities and Accessibility of Learning

Publication Copyright to Journal Creative Commons

Access/Storage

Library & licensing agreement OER “Cloud services”

Discovery Campus Library catalog Open Digital Libraries

Use/Reuse Library & citation/ no derivatives & no plagiarism

Links to, derivatives and mash-ups

1. Institutional Imperative: What’s the motivation?2. Design: What’s its “fit, form, function” for people?3. Development: What’s the production techniques?4. Quality Assurance: Will the users value it?5. Publication: Does the public have rights to use it?6. Access/Storage: Where is the information delivered

from?7. Discovery: How do people find it?8. Use/Reuse: How do people use it?

Find What’s Already Available with CSU OER Finder

Type in ISBN of

your chosen textbook and find

related OER

Type in key

word and

choose other digital librarie

s to search

Find What’s Already Available with MERLOT Federated Search

CONVENIENCE IS KEY

In about 20 seconds, 25 materials from each of the 12 digital libraries is delivered

◦Sustainability of authored materials Usability – Validating the design for student users

Easy to learn, Easy to Use, Effective, and Enjoyable Accessibility – Empowering people with disabilities

Specialized knowledge and skills required Licensing – Sharing vs. protecting content

University policies on intellectual property: Creative Commons vs. Copyright

Academic Program and Course Context – Validating the design for faculty users by providing a context of student learning outcomes for programs and courses

Capabilities of the author ◦Abilities – The “Y” approach to developmental levels◦ Interest/Motivation◦Time to practice◦Resources & Support Services

Sophistication of the tools◦Requires different skills - guppy to fish to sharks

MATCH TOOLS TO THE CAPABILITIES OF AUTHOR

◦Template for Teaching How to Teach with Mobile Apps

◦Adding Text To Template

◦Adding Images to Template

◦How To Teach Key Genetics Concepts within a Webpage

◦How To Teach Key Genetics Concepts- Part 3 of Webpage

◦Faculty Created Tutorial (Website)

Find an existing simulation/tutorial/OER in www.merlot.org for instructional topic

Author the pedagogical content for teaching with OER using MERLOT Content Builder Template

Publish and produce a IMS Common Cartridge◦Creative Commons License & package for transfer

Catalog in www.merlot.org to enable others to discover and use/reuse

Position OER to be peer reviewed by one of MERLOT’s 23 editorial boards

◦Pachyderm – Free open-source, web-based multimedia authoring, templates structure content, media focus.

◦MERLOT ELIXR – Template for multimedia designs

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◦Connexions– “Templates” for “Open Textbooks” in the Cloud

◦Desk-top application◦Media Search that enables discovery of OER within

SoftChalk authoring environment (MERLOT, NSDL, etc.)◦Accessible OER created◦ IMS Common Cartridge option◦Creative Commons licensing◦Catalog in www.merlot.org within SoftChalk to position it for

peer review

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Cal State’s Affordable Learning Solutions http://als.csuprojects.org Overview of OER Authoring Tools in the CSU:

http://als.csuprojects.org/authoring_content MERLOT: www.merlot.org MERLOT Content Builder:

http://taste.merlot.org/Programs_and_Projects/ContentBuilder.html Pachyderm for CSU: http://www.cdl.edu/cdl_projects/pachy_home CSU Pachyderm Gallery: http://www.cdl.edu/pachyderm-gallery MERLOT ELIXR: http://elixr.merlot.org Connexions: http://cnx.org SoftChalk: http://softchalk.com/ SoftChalk Physics Example:

http://www.csupomona.edu/~bmhoeling/RefractionLenses_4/

Q & A

lou@cdl.eduhttp://als.csuprojects.org/authoring_content