OPEN EDUCATION

Why is Open Access important?

Open Access aims to promote transparency and the democratization of knowledge, ensuring that quality educational resources and tools are free, publicly available, and can be fully used and adapted by anyone.

How can you benefit from Open Access?

• you can enhance visibility and the impact of your intellectual inputs by reaching a broader audience;

• you get involved in global collaboration by exchanging ideas and sharing practices;

• you can increase your citation rates and expand your recognition in both academia and beyond;

• you can get financial support from the CTLT to develop the content.

Some useful resources for your teaching and research:

• Coursera for campus latest research, guides, and webcasts

• MERLOT online library of over 92,000 free and open educational resources

• OpenStax a wide range of openly licensed textbooks

• Open textbooks, OERs by subjects public digital library