Open education and open educational resources: Openness in learning and teaching

• Open education is part of open science.
• Openness in teaching allows for the sharing of a wide range of learning materials and teaching practices.
• Open Educational Resources (OER) are defined by UNESCO as materials such as course books, articles, online courses, or computer software that can be used freely and free of charge for teaching and learning. They are either free of copyright or licensed under a license that allows free use, modification, and distribution of the material.
• The development of open educational resources should also consider accessibility and suitability for a wide range of learners.

Open educational practices (OEP) support the production and use of open educational resources. In addition to course materials, curricula, lesson plans, evaluation matrix and learning outcomes can be distributed. The open education allows for co-creation with different experts.

• Guide for teachers made by Tampere University Library
• Open education, Open Science National Coordination (Federation of Finnish Learned Societies)
• Open Educational Resources (OER): Introduction (Lyman Beecher Brooks Library)

• OER Handbook for Educators "Welcome to the world of Open Educational Resources (OER). This handbook is designed to help educators find, use, develop and share OER to enhance their effectiveness online and in the classroom." https://wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator

The European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL) is part of SPARC Europe’s efforts to make open the default for research and education in Europe.

• ENOEL webpage
• ENOEL You Tube videos
• Open Education Champions

• UNESCO Recommendation on OER
• Open education and educational resources:  National policy and executive plan by the higher education and research community for 2021-2025