Table I

OER mainstreaming checklist

Stakeholder
ProcessMainstreaming tasksManagementAcademic staffEducational technology unitLibraryIT supportLearners
Change in mindsetDecided to reuse and produce OER?
Changed mindsets: open is good?
 
Build capacityWhat are OER?
What are the types of OER?
What is open and accessible?
What is copyright and open licensing?
How to create, reuse, revise and remix OER using FOSS?
 
StrategizeIdentified the need for OER in terms of cost, quality and access?
Identified short-, medium- and long-term goals for OER?
Identified representatives from each stakeholder group for task teams?
  
Adopt an open licenseHow open is the institution?
How open are current materials?
Allow commercial use?
Enforce Share-alike?
Allow derivatives?
No rights reserved?
  
Technology infrastructureHave sufficient technology infrastructure?
Have sufficient technical personnel?
Invest in cloud-based technologies and services?
Setup a FOSS repository?
     
PolicyAdopted an institutional OER policy?
Updated HR policies to recognize and reward OER activities?
Recognize additional work in OER?
Made OER a key performance indicator (KPI)?
Developed a system for remuneration and encouragement?
Mainstreamed open educational practices?
     
PracticeWhich courses to make OER?
Developed a systematic approach to OER content development?
Formed course development teams?
Identified useful OER for course development?
Developed/adapted course successfully?
Developed pilot OER?
Added metadata and built a catalogue?
  
Quality assurance (QA)Formed an OER QA Team?
Is this content suitable for our learners?
Is it pedagogically sound?
Is it open and accessible?
Do we have tech support?
   
Mastery of learning outcomesAre assessments correctly mapped against the learning outcomes?
Learner exceeds the requirement, meets the requirement or needs improvement?
   

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