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Go Open: A beginners guide to open education

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Go Open: A beginners 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, T&L Practice

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CC BY

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PDF

Keywords

Go OpenOEPOERopen educationresourcesteaching

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In this short guide, the authors aim to give you an introduction to the area of open education, so that you can engage with open education practices in your teaching and support activities and to Go Open!

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

The guide is structured around five key questions about going open: 1. What is open education? ; 2. What are open teaching and learning practices? ; 3. What is Creative Commons licensing? And How do I use it? 4. What are OER? ; 5. How do I find and use open resources?. Each section gives a short definition of the key concept, some analysis of the literature and some examples and resources of open education practice for you to engage with in more detail.

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