# Subject communities

A subject community is a group of peers from different (educational) institutions, both nationally and internationally, working in the same subject area and organised around shared expertise (SURF). Colleagues can start a subject community together, for example in the form of a cross-institutional consortium, a professional association or a national (educational) consultative body. Such a subject community can play a role in building and managing a collection of OERs.

Together, subject communities can identify what is needed within the discipline. The community should also jointly maintain the collection.

Bron: https://www.surf.nl/samenwerken-aan-leermaterialen-in-een-vakcommunity?dst=n5080

Keeping a collection up to date requires an active community (SURF). It is therefore wise to provide a community platform where members can find each other online and exchange knowledge and experience (SURF, idem). For example, an institution-wide Microsoft Team. It is also important to make it as easy as possible for community members to work together. To this end, agree together on clear and simple working methods and set up a good collaboration environment.

Examples of materials collected through communities: https://edusources.nl/en/communities