Background

With a goal to collaboratively design and develop common modules to core courses across several disciplines, eCampusOntario is sponsoring our college and university partners to contribute their in-house experts in subject matter, educational technology, information management, curriculum development, and instructional design. Under the umbrella, Open at Scale, eCampusOntario wants to support consistent design and development for open educational resources (OER) for these projects, and ensure maximum impact and consistent experience for learners.

The purpose of this short guide, part creation and part curation by eCampusOntario Program Manager, Peggy French, was to provide a springboard for discussion during a f2f meeting with interested education stakeholders in March 2019.

From these basic elements, the group of representatives from Ontario’s post-secondary Nursing and Business teaching and learning communities, who convened in Toronto, assisted in building an acceptable template and guiding principles to provide high-quality and consistent learning modules for designated modular content. Beyond concentrated savings in these disciplines, eCampusOntario is hopeful that this coordinated design and development further will build the open community across Ontario’s colleges and universities.

However, the guide remains a living document, edited and revised as the Open at Scale projects progress.