Piloting the ENCORE+Quality Framework

This report provides the results of the evaluation of the ENCORE+ Quality Transparency Framework (ENCORE QTF). The QTF enables repositories to make their quality practices visible and explicit, and is described in ENCORE+ deliverable D5.2. The QTF was developed through extensive consultation with the OER community as part of the activities of the ENCORE+ project. The report provides the results of the evaluation of the ENCORE+ Quality Transparency Framework (ENCORE QTF).

The purpose of the pilot reported here is set out on page 23-24 of ENCORE+ D5.2, and paraphrased here. The objective of the pilots is pragmatic: to test and assess the QTF with OER repositories.
This involves examining the capacity of the QTF to meet its three main purposes, i.e. to:

• make the quality practice of an OER repository visible to users, e.g. learners and teachers.
• enable repositories to share and jointly develop their quality practices on the base of a shared Quality Transparency Framework.
• enable repositories to assess their quality practice according to the framework and further develop quality assurance mechanisms mentioned in the framework categories. The results of the pilot assess the need for refinements to the Quality Transparency Framework and make proposals for improvements.

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