Unlock the Power of Open Education: Celebrate Open Education Week and Discover the Benefits of OER!
It’s Open Education Week from 3 to 7 March 2025!
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials that reside in the public domain. They are freely available for you to share, remix, reuse, and adapt to suit your course’s needs.
For academics, this means the ability to tailor content for diverse student audiences, reduce costs for learners, and contribute to the broader educational community by making knowledge more accessible.
Embracing OER can improve student outcomes, foster greater collaboration, and enhance your teaching practice with innovative, customisable materials.
You can find OER on platforms such as OER Commons (which has a group dedicated to Australasian content), the Council of Australasian Librarians’ OER Collective catalogue, and more.
If you would like to know more about OER any time, look at the library’s OER Guide or investigate the Open Educational Practice Special Interest Group (OEP SIG) Digest.
Also, did you know that the University of Newcastle has launched its first open textbook? You can find the groundbreaking Diagnosis: A medical education game in the University Library catalogue, OER Commons, and various open textbook repositories.
Explore, investigate, and use OER to improve student engagement and retention.
Want to know more? Ask the library!
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