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How to Choose an Open Licence

How to Choose an Open Licence is the second guide in the National Forum OER/OEP Series: Open Educational Resources and Open Educational Practices. The first guide in the series was the National Forum Open Licensing Toolkit, published in 2019.

The National Forum Open Licensing Toolkit outlines the National Forum’s commitment to open licensing, which enables the creation and sharing of open educational resources. The toolkit provides a detailed description…
Supporting Open Education in Irish Higher Education
This Forum Insight outlines the National Forum’s commitment to supporting open education principles, practices and policies in Irish higher education. In light of the growing development of open education across…
Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Licensing

A National Forum webinar -Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Licensing- took place on 11 June 2019. The webinar provided an overview of open licensing using Creative Commons licenses and featured the published resource, the National Forum Open Licensing Toolkit (itself an OER).

Resource: Using OER and OEP for Teaching and Learning

Using Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) for Teaching and Learning’. This National Forum open resource was developed in partnership with colleagues across the Irish higher education sector.

GASTA Goes Global 2

This year saw the return of the highly popular “Gasta Goes Global” ed-tech event. “Gasta” is a high-energy, high-participation event format created and popularised by Dr Tom Farrelly of Munster Technological University.

GASTA Goes Global 2

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Open Education Now

Open Education Now. The potential benefits of open education are often considered in three areas: expanding access to education, enhancing pedagogy, and advancing equity.

Open Education Now

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Using OER and OEP for Teaching and Learning

The potential benefits of using open educational resources and practices (OER and OEP) in higher education include improving access, furthering equity and enhancing teaching, learning and assessment. The National Forum supports the use of OER and OEP in a range of ways (see www.teachingandlearning.ie/open).