Open Science Bites

Mira Buist-Zhuk is an academic information specialist at the University of Groningen Library specializing in open educational resources. In this episode, she shares tips and advice for teaching staff on how to get started with open educational resources.

Listen to the episode and learn how to use, create, share and benefit from open educational resources on a practical level.

More information:

• Slides workshop on open educational resources: https://edu.nl/umdhg
• Open education at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/library/oer
• Library Guide on open educational resources: https://libguides.rug.nl/OER

Contact:

• [email protected]

Rashid Gabdulhakov, assistant professor at the Centre for Media and

Journalism Studies at the Faculty of Arts, developed two fully open

online courses in collaboration with IWPR, the Institute for War and

Peace Reporting. The courses aim to help non-Western scholars to

navigate the Western system of academic knowledge production. Rashid

shares his experiences with open educational resources and he also

reflects on how inclusive and diverse the knowledge creation process is.

More information: 

• Online course: The ins and outs of academic publishing: https://school.cabar.asia/en/course/the-ins-and-outs-of-academic-publishing/
• Online course: Online research methods: https://school.cabar.asia/en/course/online-research-methods/
• Slides workshop on open educational resources: https://edu.nl/umdhg
• Open education at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/library/oer
• Library Guide on open educational resources: https://libguides.rug.nl/OER

Sander van Lanen, Assistant Professor in cultural geography at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, developed the open textbook ‘Introduction to academic research’ by reusing texts that were already openly available. In this episode, Sander shares his experiences with creating open educational material. He also reflects on the purpose of open education and the benefit for students. Is it a means of connecting with society or preparing students for the workforce?

More information: 

• Text book ‘Introduction to academic research’: https://edu.nl/mhaem
• Slides workshop on open educational resources: https://edu.nl/umdhg
• Open education at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/library/oer
• Library Guide on open educational resources: https://libguides.rug.nl/OER

Anoek Sluiter-Oerlemans, Assistant Professor in Youth Studies at the University of Groningen, shares her views on and experiences with open education.

Anoek recently decided to start implementing open educational resources. She involved students in co-creating teaching materials for a course on research methods for the MA programmes in Youth, Society and Policy and Deafblindness.

More information:

• Slides workshop on open educational resources: https://edu.nl/umdhg
• Open education at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/library/oer
• Library Guide on open educational resources: https://libguides.rug.nl/OER