Digital educational resources

By taking action together, we can encourage the sharing and reuse of digital educational resources and make education future-proof. Together, we will ensure that students and lecturers always have access to high-quality educational resources wherever they are and that they can easily find them in one place. Will you join us?

Digital educational resources in practice

How can lecturers get started with digital educational resources in teaching practice? By using the educational resources already available via edusources. Or by first delving into the knowledge and practical experiences of colleagues.

As a lecturer, how can you get started with digital educational resources? Make use of the educational resources available on edusources or be inspired by the materials of others: on the edusources platform you will find an extensive collection of practical stories from lecturers, institutions and professional communities.

Projects stimulating open and online education

In recent years, theIncentive Scheme for Open and Online Educationhas brought about all kinds of innovative projects in which lecturers and colleagues have developed educational resources under an open licence. The educational resources from these projects can be used freely.

Experiences and recommendations of the project leaders can be read in their practical stories and in the publication Lessons learned from the Stimulating Open and Online Education Scheme and the flagship projects.

Examples of subject communities

Professional community Urban Resilience

Four Dutch universities of technology built a platform for future generations of engineers. The 4TU project Urban Resilience in Delta Regions led to a lively subject community that collects and develops open educational resources on urban resilience.

Environmental Toxicology subject community

Kees van Gestel, professor of Ecotoxicology of soil ecosystems at the Vrije Universiteit, says: "Teaching in environmental toxicology had become fragmented in recent years. The textbooks available were old and not always up-to-date. From the six Dutch universities offering the subject of Environmental Toxicology, we decided to develop an open online textbook on Environmental Toxicology, to streamline teaching more and create unity."

Watch the interview on the Environmental Toxicology subject community page