Table 2 The synergistic outcomes of linked CoPs exceed individual outcomes
CoP objectives | Specific outcomes across CoPs | Synergistic outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
CoP #1 (Incubator) | CoP #2 (FMN) | CoP #3 (Ed Research) | ||
Collaborative professional capacity building | Gaining skills in development of OERs and use of SoTL elements in teaching | Gaining skills in implementation and iterating OERs in varied contexts and use of SoTL elements in teaching | Connecting faculty to assessment experts and use of SoTL elements in teaching | Interconnected faculty communities |
Open curriculum development and scholarship | Transforming a private resource to a published OER while vetting and expanding for a broad audience | Customizing OERs to produce published OER adaptations for specific classroom contexts | Updating OERs and generating data for documenting effectiveness through research publications | OER and adaptations |
Assessment instrument development and validation | Developing open-response items mapped to learning outcomes and collection of pilot data to capture student misconceptions | Converting to closed-response items and collecting pilot data on learning gains | Analyzing pilot data followed by iterative rounds of instrument modification and scaled-up data collection | Validated assessment instruments and datasets |