Regional Consultation Workshop on Quality Guidelines for Open Educational Resources on 13-15 March 2013 at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad

1. Dr. Savithri Singh
Principal
Acharya Narendra Dev College
(University of Delhi)

2.  OER – reuse, revise, remix,
redistribute – formats should allow
this to be done easily!!
◦ Licences – Creative Commons
◦ Technology – User friendly – Use of
open and free Software
◦ Accessibility – Tagging is important

3.  Content validity
 Process validity
 Historical validity
 Cognitive validity
 Ethical validity
 Environmental

4.  Space for :
◦ contribution by the learners
 Learner-experiences should inform the
OER
◦ Skill Development
◦ Entrepreneurship opportunities

5.  IGNOU guidelines for SLM -Self –explanatory, Self-
contained, Self- Directed, Self- motivating, Self- evaluating
 Language
 Participatory : Use of We, I , you
 Active voice or Passive voice
 Interactive – questions – space for pause and think
 Contextualization – examples from day-to-day experiences
 Navigation – user friendly, inclusive – adaptable
for/adoptable by the differently-abled

6.  IGNOU guidelines for SLM -Self –explanatory, Self-
contained, Self- Directed, Self- motivating, Self- evaluating
 Language
 Participatory : Use of We, I , you
 Active voice or Passive voice
 Interactive – questions – space for pause and think
 Contextualization – examples from day-to-day experiences
 Navigation – user friendly, inclusive – adaptable
for/adoptable by the differently-abled