The National Forum Open Licensing Toolkit

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The National Forum Open Licensing Toolkit

Accessibility & InclusionHEA & National Forum PublicationsOpen Education

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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 of Creative Commons (CC) licenses, the global standard for open licensing, as well as a 4-step guide to choosing, creating and adding CC licences to resources in order to make them OER, i.e. able to be shared, reused and adapted in different institutional, disciplinary and programme contexts.

This resource is licensed with a Creative Commons CC BY licence, meaning you are welcome to reuse and remix, as long as attribution is provided to the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. If you would like an editable version of this resource, please email open@teachingandlearning.ie.

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This work is licensed under a CC BY license, allowing sharing and adaptation with proper attribution.

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Accessibility & Inclusion · HEA & National Forum Publications · Open Education

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18 June 2021

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Recording of the Higher Education Authority’s webinar held on 10 September 2026 to introduce its Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Framework for Higher Education. The session explains the Framework’s five strategic enablers and the Self-Evaluation Tool for institutions reviewing their ESD work. A sector panel discusses opportunities, challenges and practical approaches to embedding ESD. Contributions include HEA and DFHERIS perspectives and speakers from ATU, UCC, SETU, University of Galway, AMLÉ and TU Dublin. Published by National Forum T&L.

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Published by National Forum T&L.

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Director — Dylan Drea
Producer — Ciara O’Brien
Animation — Robin Bennett, Jack Cahill, Talitha Cole, Dylan Drea, Lumiere Lomingo, Ciara O’Brien, Daniel Ofracio, Tobias Zhang
Compositing — Robin Bennett, Jack Cahill, Dylan Drea, Ciara O’Brien
Sound — Robin Bennett, Dylan Drea
Script — Jack Cahill, Ciara O’Brien, Daniel Ofracio
Voice acting — David Carter, Es McLean
Editing — Jack Cahill, Dylan Drea
Special thanks — Rachel Fitzgerald, Eimhin McNamara, Rebecca Roper, Laura Venables

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Demonstration of basic laboratory techniques, with the ability to stop, rewind and watch again. Aimed at 1st year students with no chemistry or limited experience

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