Open Edu­ca­tional Resources (OER) are open edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als that can be used by teach­ers free of charge. As they allow for adap­ta­tion to spe­cific teach­ing and learn­ing con­texts as well as (col­lab­o­ra­tive) fur­ther devel­op­ment, OER can sup­port the design of edu­ca­tional pro­grams. The cre­ation and pub­li­ca­tion of OER offers the oppor­tu­nity to make one’s own work vis­i­ble in the aca­d­e­mic 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 at uni­ver­sity level is still restrained. Rea­sons for this include indi­vid­ual uncer­tain­ties regard­ing legal, tech­ni­cal or didac­tic issues.

In this online event, you will learn about the char­ac­ter­is­tics of open edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als and reflect on 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 edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als into your teach­ing and what you need to bear in mind when cre­at­ing your own OER. Together we will look at didac­tic issues sur­round­ing OER and dis­cuss qual­ity dimen­sions of open edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als

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