Guides and Tutorials
Here you will find manuals and instructions for services and systems supported by the ZenDi in alphabetical title order.
The content overview in the menu on the left is sorted by topics and focus.
Creative Commons licenses: How-To use
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How-to guide: Creating OER
You can create or modify your own Open Educational Resources if you cannot find resources that meet your needs. The question of producing Open Educational Resources (OER) has a strong overlap with the production of digital teaching and learning materials in general. The crucial difference is that OER must meet specific requirements in the areas of technical, legal and didactic re-usability. Within the framework of the Hamburg Open Online University, so-called “toolchains” have been and are being developed that describe the process of creating digital materials from the user's perspective.
A "Toolchain" in this context is a sequence of tools, software and methods used to create OER and other digital teaching and learning materials. These toolchains provide support for different aspects of material creation, including technical implementation, legal considerations and didactic design.
1. Technical implementation: Technical implementation refers to the selection and use of software and tools to create the OER. This may include the creation of text documents, videos, interactive applications or other digital content. The choice of the right tools and platforms can influence the quality and re-usability of the materials.
2. Legal aspects: With OER, clarification of licensing and copyright issues is crucial. The materials must be licensed so that others can freely use, edit and redistribute them. This requires a clear knowledge of the Creative Commons licences and other relevant legal aspects.
3 Didactic design: Didactic design concerns the pedagogical conception and structure of the materials. It is important to ensure that the materials support the learning objectives, are engagingly designed and promote effective learning processes.
How-to guide: search and find OER
Searching for materials on the Internet can lead to frustration, as the amount of information appears unstructured at first glance. However, in order to take advantage of the large variety of materials available, it is advisable to proceed in a structured manner.
How-to guide: Using OER
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Learning Nuggets: Open Educational Resources (OER) using, creating and publishing
This article is a preparation of the accompanying material of the Learning Nugget “Using, creating and publishing Open Educational Resources (OER)” of 29-11-2021.
Open Educational Resources: Good Practice
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Open Educational Resources: Introduction
If you create learning and teaching material, you need information about copyright and licenses. Open Educational Resources (OER) are educational materials of any kind and in any medium that are published under an open license.
Open Educational Resources: Overview
What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? This overview is intended to provide guidance and information to support our university staff, students and other members of our community of practice to use and create Open Educational Resources (OER).