Open
Education

It is beneficial for everyone involved in teaching to occasionally reflect on the openness of learning, teaching, and educational materials as part of modern and open science and research.

Open education and open learning refer to making access to and participation in learning available and expanded to everyone.

Key concepts related to the openness are:

• Open Education  (Avoin oppiminen)

• Open Educational Resources, OER (Avoimet oppimateriaalit) 

• Open Educational Practices, OEP (Avoimet oppimis- ja opetuskäytännöt)

If you are considering opening your educational materials or want to make your teaching transparent, shareable, and reusable, it is a good idea to start by exploring the Open Education -section on the Finnish Open Science -website.

On the website, you will find more information about important considerations and tools, such as

• How to choose tools and good practices for creating open educational resources (OER)?

• How to account for the quality of OER?

• How to account for quality in Open Educational Practices?

• How to account for the accessibility of OER?

And much more!

The University of Oulu is committed to the national policy on Open education and educational resources and the UNESCO recommendation on open educational resources.

We recommend using the national Library of Open Educational Resources for opening educational resources.

OPE - Centre for Pedagogical Support and Development