Open Educational Resources

“The opposite of open is not closed, the opposite of open is broken”

This is a quote from John Wilbanks, an open access advocate. Saxion also advocates for openness by encouraging the use of open educational resources, open data, and open science. Are you a lecturer interested in learning more about the possibilities of open educational resources? This site offers tips and suggestions for reusing, developing, and sharing resources.

REUSING

Use existing digital (open) learning materials in your own teaching. Think of videos, textbooks, manuals, or complete lessons that are freely available under an open license (such as Creative Commons).

DEVELOPING

Create your own digital (open) learning materials or adapt existing materials to your educational context. For example, you can develop a video or podcast, create an open textbook, or combine different open sources into new learning materials.

PUBLISHING

Publishing is sharing your own or modified learning materials with others through an open platform or repository.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are (digital) educational materials that you can use freely. Reuse by others is also permitted. This ensures that the material is easily adapted. It can also be shared outside the classroom. OER materials include teaching materials, but also entire courses, modules, textbooks, tests, software, and other tools, materials, or technologies that enable access to knowledge.
Where can you find the most important questions and answers?

The vast array of open educational resources can make it difficult to find relevant and high-quality materials. Therefore, the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) and Saxion Library have compiled overviews of open educational resources on generic topics. These are intended to inspire and motivate you: to show you the valuable open educational resources available and how they can be used in your teaching.

Go to the LibraryGuide Open Educational Resources

Where can you find support?

Saxion Library provides information about open educational resources and helps you find suitable materials. We also monitor the use of copyrighted materials and ensure they are easily found in the catalog. If you have any questions, please contact your account manager and the Copyright Information Point (AIP):