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H. K. Dharam Singh et al. · Empowering educators through the authentic experience of

creating open educational resources - Open University Malaysia (OUM), Malaysia

pilot was divided into three phases. The first phase began with the development of
six learning materials. The last phase was a summative assessment which required

academic sta to develop an OER using Canva. In the second phase, the materials

were tested by sharing them with focus group participants, with each focus group
representing a specific field of study. The focus group sessions utilised a

flipped-classroom approach, in which the educators read the materials before the

session. Focus group participants were first asked to reflect and share their
experiences relating to the content via a guided discussion, before working

together on the designed activity. The first focus group attended seven sessions.
These sessions were subsequently reduced until the process ultimately shifted to a

workshop mode with one pre-workshop session during the third phase. Table 6,
below, shows the stages involved in focus group activities.

Table 6
Stages Involved in Focus Group Activities

Stage Focus Group Activity
Stage 1 Formation of the focus group

Stage 2 Sharing of the module
Stage 3 Online question and answer
Stage 4 Focus group sessions: Discussion and Activity
Stage 5 Development of learning object

Stage 6 Delivery and learning analytics
Stage 7 Analysis and case study

In the second phase, nine focus groups were formed among the full-time
academic sta from four faculties: Faculty of Technology and Applied Science

(FTAS), Faculty of Education (FOE), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanity
(FSSH), and Faculty of Business Management (FBM). Each faculty was further

narrowed down and segregated into sub-fields such as Health Science,

Information Technology, Early Childhood Education, Education, Islamic Studies,
Psychology/Counselling, Finance/Accountancy, and Business/Marketing. In the

third phase, a new group (Group 10) attended a pre-workshop, and a self-study

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