Focus area

Evaluation question

Project evidence

What does the phrase "open practices" mean for you and your project? What open practices have you observed among your stakeholders?

What enablers and barriers have you identified to the adoption of open practices by your stakeholders, and in what ways have you addressed them?

In what ways has engaging in open partnerships across institutions, organisations or sectors,affected the practices of your stakeholders?

What means have you used to engage your stakeholders, and in what ways have these been effective?

What has been the impact of OER development, release and reuse on the practices of your stakeholders? 

By what means have you supported practice change among your stakeholders, and in what ways were these effective?

How has OER release affected the practices of staff running HEA accredited courses or schemes of professional development that meet the UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher education (UK PSF)?

Releasing and using OERs - different OER publishing models, the role of collaborations, technical and hosting issues, discovery and organisation, accessibility, and adaptability of OERs

Through what means (eg. platform, format, interface) have you made OER available to your stakeholder group?

In what ways (appropriate to your stakeholders) have you organised your OER and guided users through them?

What measures have you taken to ensure that your OER are accessible to your intended user groups both pedagogically and technically?

In what ways have you tried to ensure that your OER are adaptable for re-use and re-

purposing, and how effective were they?

In what ways have you drawn on existing OER collections in developing and releasing OER?

What kinds of OER are being adopted and re-used by your collaborators/partners/stakeholders in other sectors and in what ways are they are being developed and used?

What technical issues have you met in collecting and making OERs available, and how have you addressed them?

Processes for sustainability - institutional/organisational policies and processes, legal and IPR policies, sustainability

How have your institution and collaborating organisations ensured embedding and sustainability of open practices?

What has been the effect on sustainability of involving students in the OER developement, release and re-use lifecycle?

What issues have you found over curation of OER collections when working across institutional or sector boundaries and how have you addressed these?

How have you have identified and attempted to meet the priorities of your sector?

Impacts & benefits - benefits, and appreciation of benefits by, stakeholders, institutions, students

How have your stakeholders' appreciation of the benefits of OERs changed through involvement in the project?

What is the impact on teaching staff of OER release and use?

What has been the impact of OER development and release on the student experience?

In what ways has your approach to OER release and re-use enhanced the profile and reputation of your institution?

In what ways other than reputation, have OER release and re-use benefited your institution?

Evidencing and Programme issues:

How can we demonstrate that different OER publishing models are effective in aiding discoverability?

How do projects evidence that OERs enhance the student experience?

How do projects claim they will support the relevant sector priority?