Co-Creating Open Educational Resources: A Practice-Based Model for K-12 and Higher Education Partnerships

This design case presents a detailed analysis of a project that created nine openly-licensed books and over 250 openly-licensed videos in a four year time-span, bringing together a team of more than 60 K-12 educators, 20 authors, and five editors. The case outlines the project’s design, implementation, and contributions to practice-based scholarship strategies. It provides insights into the complexities of co-authoring open educational resources with practitioners and proposes strategies for fostering sustainable partnerships through practice-based scholarship using the Collaborative Resource and Alliance Framework for Teaching and Educational Development framework. Ultimately, it advocates for a more inclusive vision of instructional design—one that values the expertise of those on the front lines of education and leverages their insights to create meaningful, practice-driven resources.