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What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
"Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions. OER form part of ‘Open Solutions’, alongside Free and Open Source software (FOSS), Open Access (OA), Open Data (OD) and crowdsourcing platforms." (UNESCO)
Why are OER 'open'?
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What is EPICUR's stance on OER?
"EPICUR will invest in the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) and a virtual space in order to support their delivery and sharing by using the CreativeCommons licensing scheme" (EPICUR Grant Agreement)
With this space, EPICUR is currently developing and establishing an Open Educational Resources infrastructure and service.
With this space, EPICUR is currently developing and establishing an Open Educational Resources infrastructure and service.
How can we all benefit from sharing materials as OER?
Higher education institutions benefit from an increase in the quality of teaching and increased visibility. In addition, the strategic use of OER can mean a more efficient use of resources, as material created by staff during working hours is re-used.
As educators you benefit from publishing and using OER mainly because of their participation in the relevant community. You do not have to develop every single worksheet yourselves, and at the same time they you distinguish yourselves as experts in certain fields. For the sake of gaining public awareness, OER opens up teaching as an additional field alongside research.
In addition, students can be motivated to create material directly from courses, which in turn can be published under a free licence. This is one of the reasons why OER are considered a catalyst for modern teaching and learning arrangements.
Missing OER here?
We are currently preparing this space ...
... so that in the near future you can access and contribute to an array of Open Education Resources.
In the meantime, if you are a member of an EPICUR partner university and would like to be part of the discussion in EPICUR, join our Special Interest Group "Open Educational Resources & Practices OER/OEP" on the EPiC TLC (available to you after login to the EPICUR InterUniversity Campus).
For more detailed information on OER and OER repositories, take a look at the Resource Sheet on OER/OEP of the EPICUR Best Practice Guide.
Contact & Support
If you are an educator or educational developer/supporter at one of the universities of the EPICUR University Alliance, use your regular university login data to login to the EPICUR Centre for International Teaching & Learning (EPiC TLC) where you will find helpful opportunities to connect, explore and grow!
EPICUR Centre for International Teaching & Learning
Please reach out to tlc@epicur.edu.eu
- with questions
- with ideas for contributions
- with any other interests
