Quality conditions

Open Educational Resources must meet a number of preconditions before they can be shared. These are:

  1. The material has a subject specific quality

  2. The material has an open quality

  3. The material has a didactic-educational quality

  4. The material is readable and, if applicable, editable by others [language, form, content].

  5. The material is published in an adaptable format, so that others can easily reuse it

  6. The material complies with the copyright rules for Open Educational Resources

  7. The material is licensed with permission for reuse

  8. The material should be published in a repository and provided with metadata so that it can be easily found.

Add. 2: The material has an open quality:

Add. 5: The material is published in an adaptable format, so that others can easily reuse it.

Consider whether the material can be easily viewed on a PC, Mac, tablet or phone. If a pdf is used, it is wise to also make the texts available in .txt format, so that they can be easily reused. The formats that you can use depend upon the chosen repository.

Add. 6: The material complies with the copyright rules for Open Educational Resources

When you upload your material with a CC licence, you must ensure that your material is free of copyright. Therefore, create your material with original material combined with open content. That is, materials with a CC licence or with materials for which you have permission to reuse them.

If applicable, also include teacher guides and such, to maximise the reusability.

See also: https://www.surf.nl/en/developing-learning-materials-for-re-use