OER LIFE CYCLE
Andrew Moore and Tessa Welch
OER LIFE CYCLE
GET
Find OER
Share and
make available
for reuse
Compose
(Piece
Together)
Refine Learning
Resource
Adapt to Local
Contexts
Deploy and Use
Resource
Produce a
Learning
Resource
COMPOSE
Link to Outcomes
 Language (translation, remove
colloquialisms)
 Pitch at your learners level
 Chunk information appropriately
 Insert into your methodology/pedagogy
 Contextualise materials

OER LIFE CYCLE
Search & find
OER
Share and
make available
for reuse
Compose
(Piece
Together)
Refine Learning
Resource
Adapt to Local
Contexts
Deploy and Use
Resource
Produce a
Learning
Resource
ADAPT
ReUse (Use OERs as per original)
 Rework (Rework OER but remain true to its
message)
 Remix (Mix OER materials)
 Be true to copyrighted conditions of
materials

OER LIFE CYCLE
Search & find
OER
Share and
make available
for reuse
Compose
(Piece
Together)
Refine Learning
Resource
Adapt to Local
Contexts
Deploy and Use
Resource
Produce a
Learning
Resource
PRODUCE, DEPLOY & REFINE
Produce: Medium, (Paper vs Digital) has
implications for distribution and access.
 Produce: Quantity, implications for cost.
 Deploy: Who should have access to the
documents and when?
 Refine: After the first run the document
needs to be refined/revised based on
‘lessons learnt’ so that it is remains useful.

OER LIFE CYCLE
Search & find
OER
Share and
make available
for reuse
Compose
(Piece
Together)
Refine Learning
Resource
Adapt to Local
Contexts
Deploy and Use
Resource
Produce a
Learning
Resource
SHARE
Need to get the OER’s back to the OER
community.
 Others should benefit from your revisions
(especially in Africa where material context is
significant)
 Need to advertise your ‘improvements’.

WHAT IS THE SAME AND WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT
THIS VERSION OF THE OER LIFE CYCLE?
START
How are the TESSA
materials
structured?
HERE→
→
Getting to know
the TESSA
materials
How can you deepen
your engagement
with the TESSA
community?
Which TESSA materials are
suitable for your teachers?
Curriculum
mapping
Community
of practice
Working with
teachers
↑
How can you evaluate
and improve
your use of the
TESSA materials?
Reflective
practice
Course
design
↓
Materials
adaptation
Assessment
Teaching
and learning
How can you encourage
Reflective Practice by the
kinds of assessment you use?
How will you plan to use
the selected TESSA
materials in your context?
How will you adapt the
TESSA materials for your
context?
←
How will you use the
selected TESSA materials
with your teachers?
TESSA KEY QUESTIONS IN GOOGLE PORTUGUESE
1.
Como são as matérias TESSA estruturado? [Conhecer os
materiais TESSA]
2.
Quais materiais TESSA são adequados para seus professores?
[mapeamento Curriculum]
3.
Como você planeja usar os materiais selecionados TESSA no seu
contexto? [Curso de design]
4.
Como você pode acessar e adaptar os materiais TESSA para o
seu contexto, semperder sua essência? [adaptação de materiais]
5.
Como você vai usar os materiais selecionados TESSA com
seus professores? [O ensino e aprendizagem]
6.
Como você pode estimular a prática reflexiva sobre as
atividades TESSA atravésdo tipo de avaliação que você usa?
[Avaliação]
7.
Como você pode avaliar e melhorar o uso dos materiais TESSA?
[prática reflexiva]
8.
Como você pode aprofundar seu envolvimento com a
comunidade Tessa outrosenvolvidos no trabalho com professores em
um ambiente OER? [Comunidade de prática]
SOME
 To
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM OTHERS
unlock the potential of OERs, they ‘have
to be first located, then adapted, used and
the adaptations (perhaps with commentary
on the form and impact of their use) made
available to a wider community; otherwise
they remain just another piece of ‘content’,
merely stuff rather than a tool (Cantoni,
quoted in Conole & Weller, 2008, p.11).’