| Business planning and costing
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- Philosophy and objectives
- Capital and recurrent costs
- planning
- implementation
- maintenance and updating
- fixed and variable
- Self-financing or subsidised?
- Courses portfolio (e.g. length of study)
- Course development and production process (e.g. team, individual contract)
- Course delivery
- Enrolment
- Tutorial system
- Materials dispatch
- Assessment
- Record keeping
- Marketing
- Funding
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- Clear policy indications are needed that materials development is considered important by the institution and that there is commitment to investing in it.
- Policy positions are essential to ensure high quality of materials and effective collaboration and this is indicated by allocation of appropriate resources including staff time.
- May be necessary to include specific references to collaborative activities to ensure that funds are set aside to cover the time of academic staff from the institution to participate in such collaborative activities.
- Sharing of course materials with members of the community of practice may reduce requirements to pay sub-contracting fees for materials development, as it may open access to already developed course materials in key areas of need.
- Participation in materials development/OER collaborations could generate consultancy funds, providing an alternative income stream to the institution and its staff and financial returns on capital investment.
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