What Open Education means at WUR

Open Education empowers educators to create, share, and reuse high-quality Open Educational Resources (OER).

Under the UNESCO definition, OER are "learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purposing, adaptation, and redistribution by others."

These resources, which can include textbooks, course readers, lecture slides, or videos, can be freely shared and adapted by educators worldwide. By removing barriers of time, place, and cost. OER foster collaboration, innovation, and personalised learning experiences that can be tailored to diverse audiences.

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) actively supports OER through its Open Science & Education Programme and Open Education policy. Staff are encouraged to develop, use and share OER, making educational materials freely available to all.

The Benefits of Open Education

By using and sharing Open Educational Resources, you can:

• Access and contribute to a growing pool of high-quality teaching materials.
• Innovate by remixing and adapting content to fit students' needs and the latest insights.
• Collaborate across disciplines and work with peers worldwide to develop and refine educational resources.
• Remove financial and institutional barriers to education.

Go open with your Education

Interested in making your education open? The WUR Open Education Team help you share your resources and discover existing OER and can answer any questions you might have about licensing. Newly developed educational materials are preferably published under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC license, allowing non-commercial use and adaptation.

To help you get started, we have made a full guide with information on how to find, (re)use, create and share Open Educational Resources.

We have also made an Open Education Viva Engage community for all WUR teachers, researchers and staff to exchange experiences, new ideas and connect with like-minded colleagues.

Open Education at the National Level

Additionally, WUR contributes to the Npuls programme, enhancing digital learning resources, and participates in the Dutch libraries working group dedicated to online and open education.