LibGuide: Go Open: a beginner’s guide to open education

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LibGuide: Go Open: a beginner's guide to open education

Creator(s)

Eamon Costello, Edel Gallagher, Ellen Breen, James Brunton, Lorraine Delaney, Orna Farrell, Ronan Cox, Victoria Smyth

Organisation(s)

Dublin City University, National Institute for Digital Learning

Discipline(s)

Teaching & Learning

Topic(s)

Accessibility & Inclusion, Digital Learning, Teaching and Learning Practice

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CC BY

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The Go Open project is a collaborative project based in Dublin City University (DCU) and comprises team members from DCU Library, Open Education Unit and the Digital Learning Design Unit. The project aims to support the DCU Community to engage with open education practices in their teaching, research and support activities.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

This libguide supports visitors in understanding open education and its associated practices. An overview of open educational resources (OER), as well as pathways to finding and sharing OER are outlined. In the supplementary files, associated infographs and a report around the project are provided, promoting the benefits of the Go Open project.

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Costello, E., Gallagher, E., Breen, E., Brunton, J., Delaney, L., Farrell, O., Cox, R., & Smyth, V. (2021). Libguide: go open: a beginner’s guide to open education. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/libguide-go-open-a-beginners-guide-to-open-education/ License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).

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