Fig 1.
Graphical abstract of 10 simple rules for collaborative lesson development.
1. To clarify your audience, consider writing learner profiles (Box 1). 2. Make lessons modular by breaking them into small, single-purpose modules. 3. Teach your instructors the best practices for developing, delivering, and maintaining lessons. 4. Encourage and empower contributors by making the contribution process transparent and straightforward. 5 Build a community around lessons by creating opportunities for participation and mentorship. 6. Publish new versions periodically and recognize contributors by their unique identifiers (e.g., ORCID). 7. Evaluate lessons during and after class for a complete picture of their efficacy. 8. Reduce, reuse, or recycle lessons before creating a new one from scratch. 9. Link to other resources that complement the lesson content. 10. Remember that you can’t please everyone in your audience or community.
Fig 2.
Collaborative open lesson development.
Following the decision to develop lessons, activities focus on lesson development as well as community building. Boxes surrounded by dotted lines represent community contributions to lessons. Dashed arrows represent connections to activities outside the original lesson design. The box enclosed in a dashed dotted line represents unaffiliated learning resources.