DScribe Process Refinement Session: 11/05/2009

DScribe Process Refinement Session: 11/05/2009

=dScribe Visioning Session 3=

dScribe session 1 notes: DScribe_Process_Refinement_Session:_9/25/2009

dScribe session 2 notes: DScribe_Process_Refinement_Session:_9/28/09

Things to address

 * incentives
 * components (units of effort)
 * people to facilitate effort (tailor to multiple types of contributors)
 * tools to support effort
 * simplifying the process (lite) (could we implement a "Copyright safe" version that requires little expert knowledge on the part of the user)
 * incorporate education of educators
 * the graduation of open + remix vs. non (present "degrees of openness" as a continuum)

dScribe (is it a person, process or tool?)
how is it currently perceived?


 * a helper to openness (faculty might say "my course was 'dScribed'")
 * Student**
 * Process*
 * Staff*


 * quality assurance in (C) *
 * editor + citation validation *
 * content enhancer (establish minimum requirements vs. enhancements)
 * sometimes these are staged processes, not start-to-finish

to faculty

 * domain knowledge
 * access to student
 * collaboration
 * mentorship***

to students

 * collaboration
 * get mentor**

to content

 * (some improvement over staff doing it, but not faculty)

to O.M. team

 * access to faculty through student
 * increased efficiency (sometimes)
 * access to (gather) content
 * create more advocates

* what dScribe actually is consistently ** what dScribe often is  *** has rarely happened

best students for dScribe

 * highly motivated
 * hard worker
 * dedicated

NOTE: Some dScribes are good at answering questions but not good workers

to faculty

 * they quit

to student

 * no pay (sometimes)

to content
?

to staff

 * they take time to manage, sometimes more time to mentor/supervise than to do ourselves

What does every course need (CKR = Content Knowledge Required )

 * organize materials
 * link checker (domain knowledge)
 * editor

What skills can be done by someone outside of class

 * copyright expert
 * content checker (following links and looking at (C), TOU)
 * image replacer
 * organizer/facilitator

What does dScribe process need:
(see https://open.umich.edu/wiki/DScribe_Process_Refinement_Session:_9/28/09)
 * CKR = Content Knowledge Required
 * CCKR = Creative Commons and Basic (C) Knowledge Required
 * AC = Advanced Copyright Knowledge Required (Paid position)
 * DSR = Design Skills Required
 * ILR = Info Literacy Required
 * OER Advocate = provides arguments/rationale for open

Why create OERca?

 * organize content
 * enable easier re-use/re-mix of materials (go beyond PDF, decompose PPT)
 * legal crumb trail to prove due diligence (indemnity)
 * help collaboration between participants
 * metadata attachement
 * curricular context

Create it for whom?
Is it just for us, or for the broader OER community as well?

Avenues we have not pursued yet

 * dScribes - GSIs, alumni, crowdsourcing
 * content contributors - more student work, Emeritus faculty
 * better integration with distance learning, can OER be the front door for this?

Follow-up actions

 * 1) Write out service scenarios: DScribe Scenarios
 * 2) Revisit tasks/skills/roles table from  first session
 * 3) Identify tools for supporting