OERca v1 User Scenarios

OERca v1 User Scenarios

Why?
Avoiding intellectual property (copyright, patents, etc) infringement is an important, and currently expensive, challenge in developing open education resources. This tool provides a cost-effective framework within which educational materials destined for open environments can be cleared of offending IP material. This publishing framework consists of a workflow (detailing steps on how to clear individual IP elements such as in-class video containing a Coke can on the instructor's desk) and a web-based application that supports the workflow by automating certain parts of the process and helping the user keep track of the "cleared status" of a particular material.

This framework is intended for individuals or groups interested in publishing open content material while paying due diligence to IP concerns at a reasonable cost (both in terms of pecuniary and human resources). We envision our primary audience consisting of faculty, students, education institution staff, librarians and self learners.

Who is this for?
This framework is for individuals or groups who want to manage the process of clearing their educational material to make it available to the public in a manner that allows the public the greatest freedom in their use of the material.

Who is this not for?
At the moment, this framework does not support the process of creating material (either individually or collaboratively). Thus, this will not meet the needs of people seeking such functionality.

Actors
These are primary user groups we have identified as potential users of the tool. For each grouping we develop a profile of a typical user and try to identify certain tasks that they currently undertake with respect to OER materials.

Faculty Users

Student Users

Staff Users

Scenarios
Faculty workshops

-- Scenario of multiple faculty members (US and international) taking faculty development workshops (in two or more locations) and afterward working collaboratively and remotely (e.g., at other institutions) with other faculty members and with dScribes on pilot content clearing and publishing efforts.

DScribe-dScribe2-UM

-- Scenario of student-to-student interaction to dScribe a course at UM. One student is an undergraduate dScribe and the other is a graduate dScribe2 who work together to clear and publish the materials from a course.

DScribe-faculty-UM

-- Scenario where the dScribe (UM) interacts with the faculty member (UM) to obtain permission, approve replacement content, and complete a final review of the materials to be published.

DScribe-faculty-int

-- Scenario where the dScribe (international) interacts with the faculty member (international) to obtain permission, approve replacement content, and complete a final review of the materials to be published.

Faculty-tool

-- Scenario where a UM faculty member goes through the publishing process using his own research papers, but assigning Creative Commons copyright licenses and getting help from the UM OER office. His materials are put onto the UM OER website as well as his own.

Librarian-faculty

-- Scenario of a faculty member working with a staff member from the Scholarly Publishing Office to help organize and "clear" copyright issues for a paper to be published on the faculty's own website.

DScribe-dScribe-UM

-- Scenario involving the UM dScribe and how she interacts with another (non-defined) dScribe at UM. This interaction may take place in a physical or  a virtual environment, or a combination of both. The interaction will be around specific course content, and general troubles or complaints.

Admin-tool

-- Scenario where a specially privileged user is responsible for managing the tool users and content. In this role, the user does not put up any content, instead she is responsible for facilitating this process for the other actors.

Gulfs
Execution

Evaluation

Gaps -- what OERca does not facilitate