MEDEV OER Phase 1
A proposal to the HEFCE/Academy/JISC Open Educational Resources - call for projects was submitted by MEDEV on behalf of a wide range of partners in the UK.
The project, entitled Organising Open Educational Resources (OOER) was funded under the Subject Strand, which is managed by the Higher Education Academy.
Organising Open Educational Resources (OOER)
- Organising Open Educational Resources (phase 1 project) Final Report available to download (pdf) .
- Organising Open Educational Resources (phase 1 project) Final Report available to download (doc).
- Organising Open Educational Resources (phase 1 project) Project Outcomes
There is already significant activity in the area of sharing resources in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine. This is typically on a sharing amongst limited discipline communities, around a particular area such as assessment and/or on a semi-commercial basis. Examples include: IVIMEDS, IVIDENT, CLIVE, UK Council for Communication Skills Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education, eVIP, mEducator, MedEdPortal, MedEdCentral, UMAP, and DENTED. Uptake is patchy and tied specifically to involvement in one or more projects such as those listed above.
The OOER project was designed to open up the process to a wider constituency and encourage sharing more openly, as well as reveal existing good practice in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine in UK HE.
The results of a mapping and ‘readiness’ categorisation phase, together with the development of simple ‘Toolkits’ (to help HEIs, Subjects and Individuals) will inform the identification of ER to be included, and uploading ER will test and refine Toolkit development.
The project was run by MEDEV on behalf of the partners who steer it through the work of an Executive Group and Work Package Leaders.
Iterative evaluation informed the partners and funders of issues arising within the project and the results were disseminated via websites and a stakeholder event.
Talking Heads clips from the OOER Phase 1 Project are available here.
For a full list of funded projects please visit the Higher Education Academy website, or the JISC website.
There is further background information available about the development of the bid.
