Collections: Institutional Issues


A page to record the Institutional Issues evidenced by the Collections Strand.  This is a section of the Phase2 Collections strand synthesis

 

Unless otherwise stated, all references are to project final reports

 

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How do cultures of OER release, adoption and use differ between different subject disciplines?

Projects generally noted the lack of a culture of OER release, adoption and use across institutional boundaries. 

 

Cultural differences noted were not generally between disciplines, but between types of stakeholder.

 

OF (GEES) noted a subdisciplinary cultural distinction in fieldwork between using online resources to enhance in situ experience, and using (different) online materials to replace in situ experience (OF (GEES) final report)

 

How are existing academic/subject discipline cultures being challenged, strengthened, contested, changed etc through the availability of OERs?

A challenge to the OER community

The challenge is not realised

Challenges

 

What issues arise in collecting together and sharing disciplinary collections of OERs across institutional boundaries

 

Institutional issues in collecting together and sharing across institutional boundaries fall into two broad categories: legal and technical. These categories are impacted by institutions' overarching concerns with quality and trust.

 

Legal - copyright and licencing

 

Legal - responsibility, liability, and datasharing

Legal responsibility is a big issue, especially where institutional reputations are at stake

Technical - Expertise

Several projects evidenced the effect of presence/absence of technical expertise

 

Technical - Access

Access for non-institutional participants is an issue 

 

What issues arise in curation of discipline collections?

Expertise

 

Maintenance

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