Tips for how to approach a conversation with faculty about OER and dScribe

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[edit] Introducing yourself

OCW Movement - MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford, OCW Consortium

Explanation of the U-M OER initiative and Open.Michigan

Explanation of dScribe process

[edit] Logistics

-communication plan

-licensing of the materials.

[edit] Why participate?

Global Reasons

- participatory learning

- Open Learning - opportunities for educators and learners throughout the world

Institutional

-vision of the School of Information

-Michigan is the best in this area

-Encourage recruitment

-Benefits to Alumni - staying up to date, etc.

Individual

-increase visibility of faculty and student work

-an opportunity to be a part of something interesting and meaningful

-ability to connect with students

-ability to connect with other faculty and researchers within and outside U-M

-they have a good course with great material

-opportunity to receive assistance in developing better course materials

[edit] Questions

How much time?

-2 - 3 hours over the course of the semester.

Computer Use?

-perhaps. Can use the software tool or can also utilize email or face to face.

Give away? (Licensing) Materials aren't as important as your mentoring.

-materials are "yours" - you retain copyright to the materials.

-you have final say on how materials look, etc.

Who else is doing it here?

-The Champions: President, Provosts, Deans, other faculty members.

Materials are unique. changing them might disrupt the integrity of the learning objective.

-opportunity to recreate materials

-can request permission

-can work to recreate and if need be annotate.

Don't want to include materials.

-It's up to you what is and isn't included.

-first generation of the materials and will be improved.