Open education becomes easier with Edusources

Within EUR, there is growing interest in Open Education; the sharing of educational content by and for teachers. It is also high on the agenda for higher education at the national level. Npuls, a programme in which all Dutch universities, HBOs, and MBOs collaborate on educational innovation and digitization, puts Open Education as one of its key focus areas. Sector facilities are being created, such as Edusources, which can be used by all institutions. This makes sharing content, also between institutions, much easier.

In this CLI Lunch & Learn, two project leaders, who contributed to Boost Your Collection and started using Edusources with the support of Npuls, will share their experiences. Marleen de Moor (ESSB) is the project leader of Sharestats, in which UvA, VU, UU, and EUR openly share over 5000 exam questions about statistics. Mathijs Doets (Erasmus MC) is involved in the open sharing of 70 virtual patient cases by 8 university medical centers, including Erasmus MC. Marleen and Mathijs will talk about their experiences with using Edusources, with the associated communities. 

The Library provides support for the open sharing of educational materials through digital sector facilities like Edusources and the creation of Open Textbooks via Wikiwijs. A service point has been set up at the Library, and a lot of useful information is being shared to help teachers who want to openly share their educational materials. The Library will demonstrate what this support looks like.