A Strategic Planning Process (SPP) Model for developing Open Educational

Resources – A Toolkit

Ava (Shu-Hsiang) Chen, Ph.D.Educator, Researcher, Global Learner, World Citizen

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Description

• This strategic planning process model toolkit is to assist higher education institutions (HEIs) at department level to develop their open educational resources (OERs) strategic plan based on the concept of university social responsibility (USR). This toolkit provides executive administrators a new way to deepen understanding of creating, using, and sharing all kinds of learning materials in their professional practice that can link to USR practice.

Aim

• This strategic planning process model toolkit aims for people who perceive OER (Open educational resources) as part of rapidly changing for social practice and perceive USR (University social responsibility) as part of social movement in their current university management system.

Target Sampling

• The target sampling of using this toolkit would be university department, research center, or innovative center who has initiated the movement of open educational resources.

Objectives

• To foster the open educational resources development from management aspect

• To integrate the concept of university social responsibility into using, creating, and sharing of open educational resources

• To facilitate university administrators for developing open educational resources strategic plan

Target Participants

• Heads of department, executive administrators, faculty members whom have their job responsibility to involve with university strategic planning

SPP Model Components

Input – Internal assessment

Process – 6 stages

Output – OER strategic plan

Outcome – USR impacts

Component 1: Input – Internal Assessment

Current Strategic Plan University KPI

University Policy and Strategy in relation to USR

Current USR Practice

Current OER Practice

Component 2: Process

1. Envisioning the future of OERs

2. Conducting social situation

analysis for OER & USR

3. Formulating the OER strategies

4. Moving from OER visions to

OER action planning

5. Evaluating OER strategic plan and

process

6. Sustaining the OER strategic

planning

Components 3: Output

• Comprehensive OER Strategic Plan including Vision, Mission, Value, Strategies, and Action Planning

Components 4: Outcome

• Anticipate the influential outcome after implementing the comprehensive OER strategic plan based on USR SCOPE Framework (Social, Sub-social, Cognitive, Organizational, Philanthropic, Economic, Ethic, Educational, Environmental) Impacts.

References• Chen, S-H., Nasongkhla, J., & Donaldson, J. A. (2015, in press). University

social responsibility (USR): Identifying an ethical foundation within higher education institutions. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 14(4). Paper presented at International Teacher Education Conference 2015, St. Petersburg, Russia.

• Chen, S-H., Nasongkhla, J., & Donaldson, J. A. (2014). From vision to action: A strategic planning process model for open educational resources. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences. Paper presented at International Conference on New Horizons in Education (INTE) 2014, Paris, France.