Open Edu­ca­tional Resources (OER) are edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als that can be used free of charge and can be adapted to dif­fer­ent teaching/learning con­texts and the spe­cific needs of learn­ing groups. In this way, OER not only sup­port the design of edu­ca­tional pro­grams, but also pro­mote a con­struc­tive exchange between edu­ca­tional staff across insti­tu­tional bound­aries. The cre­ation and pub­li­ca­tion of OER offers the oppor­tu­nity to make one’s own work vis­i­ble in the pro­fes­sional com­mu­nity. At the same time — sim­i­lar to open access pub­li­ca­tions — access to edu­ca­tion is improved and an open teaching/learning cul­ture is pro­moted.

Despite these oppor­tu­ni­ties, the cre­ation, shar­ing and use of OER is still restrained in many areas of edu­ca­tion. The rea­sons for this include indi­vid­ual uncer­tain­ties regard­ing legal, tech­ni­cal or didac­tic issues in deal­ing with OER.

In this online event, you will learn about the char­ac­ter­is­tics of open edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als and dis­cuss their oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges. Par­tic­u­lar atten­tion will be paid to copy­right and open licens­ing. In inter­ac­tive exer­cises, you will learn how you can inte­grate openly licensed con­tent into your edu­ca­tional offer­ings and what you need to con­sider when cre­at­ing your own OER. Together, we will also take a look at the basic pos­si­ble uses of gen­er­a­tive AI.

Focal points

• Key fea­tures of Open Edu­ca­tional Resources (OER)
• Basics of copy­right and open licens­ing
• Inte­gra­tion of openly licensed edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als into own works
• Pub­li­ca­tion of own works as OER
• Qual­ity cri­te­ria for open edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als
• Func­tions of the OER por­tal twillo

The online event is orga­nized and man­aged by the Agency for Adult and Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion.

It is a free offer for all par­tic­i­pants — even beyond Lower Sax­ony.