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We have collated evidence and information from UKOER projects on a series of pages which map to our synthesis and evaluation framework questions

Culture and practice

Adoption of open practices

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

Enablers and Barriers

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

Open partnerships

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

• 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)?

Practices of different 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?

• In what ways are the cultures of your stakeholders being challenged, strengthened or changed by the release and use of OER?

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

Release and Use of OER 

OER release publishing models and Collaboration

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

• In what ways have collaborations with partners in the same or other sectors (including commercial publishers) supported the development, collection and release of OER?

Discovery, Re-use and Accessibility

• 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?

• What means (including publishing models) have you used to make OER discoverable, and how effective were they?

Technical/hosting issues 

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

Collections, sectors and subject influences

• What range of OER exist in your area and what gaps are you addressing?

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

• In what ways has your particular discipline or sector (eg. FE, NHS, Earth Sciences) has influenced your development and release of OER?

OER being adopted and used

• 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?

Processes for sustainability

Institutional processes

• What changes in the policies of your institution or partner organisations have you observed as a result of involvement in OER?

• How has your institution supported staff to adopt open practices?

• What institutional enablers and barriers to adoption of open practices have you encountered and how you have addressed them?

• What issues have you encountered in developing and sharing collections of OER across institutional/sectoral boundaries and how have you addressed them?

• What institutional issues and challenges have you met in working with another sector or organisation to develop and release OER, and how have you addressed them?

Legal issues 

• What legal and IPR issues emerged during your project and how did you overcome them?

• What licences did you adopt?

Sustainability

• How have you, and your partners/collaborators, integrated OER sustainably into curriculum processes?

• 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 and Benefits

Impact on various stakeholders

• How have OER or the OER release process benefited your stakeholders?

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

• 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?

Impact on staff

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

Impact on students

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