Project Scope – Development Plan
Before beginning any new OER development project, you must have a completed environmental scan (OER Course Map). The OER Course map identifies any existing OER materials that can be repurposed. You can begin to populate some of the resources you will reuse or re-mix in the OER Development Plan.
Development Plan Purpose
Defining your project is essential because it helps you understand what you’re working towards, but also because it helps provide information about the project to the team you are working with. The OER Development Plan provides a road map for the project and may evolve over time. It is meant to help identify the following:
- How many chapters are there, and what topic are the chapters on? Learn more in the section on Book Structure.
- What are the learning outcomes for each chapter?
- Do the learning outcomes align with your course-level outcomes and assessments?
- How will your content be organized?
- What OER material currently exists that can be repurposed (OER Course Map)
- Are there any gaps?
Sample development plan section:
| Chapter | Chapter Name | Learning Outcomes | Resources | Changes to Resources |
| 1 | Human Resources Strategy and Planning |
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The development plan should provide the overall proposed structure of your new book. We will use a backward design approach starting with the learning objectives/outcomes.
The learning outcomes MUST be measurable. See Appendix 1: Learning Objectives Guide for sample verbs requiring cognitive outcomes.
