If you use materials or images in your presentations for which you do not hold the rights, you can replace them with educational materials labeled as "free." These are known as "Open Educational Resources," or OER for short. As part of a BMBF project, extensive guidance materials and explanatory videos have been developed for this purpose. They are specifically aimed at universities.
Here, we explain how OER can be useful in teaching and where you can find them:
1. Definition of OER
What does the term OER mean in the context of higher education? Watch the following video (2 min 47 sec):
2. Where can I search for and find OER?
Here are some search engines you can use to find OER:
University databases:
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OpenLearnWare from TU Darmstadt
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https://openlearnware.tu-darmstadt.de/ |
Lectures on the fields of natural sciences, humanities, and engineering
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OpenCourseWare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm |
Course materials for courses across all disciplines
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OpenEducationEurope
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https://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/de |
Materials on e-learning and e-learning design
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OpenMichigan
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https://open.umich.edu/find/find-open-educational-resources |
Covers a wide range of subjects, including law, mathematics,
educational science, and medicine
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Open Yale Courses
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https://oyc.yale.edu/courses |
Covers a wide range of topics, mostly licensed under CC BY SA
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Video databases:
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/
3. How do I use the materials I’ve found correctly?
These videos are licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY SA 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When using the credits, please cite as follows (copy & paste): “How to Find OER” by OERinForm | oer.amh-ev.de | Creative Commons – Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj9RgUCywdk