Open Educational Resources (OER) in university continuing education

While most work on open educational resources (OER) is in the field of general higher education, this paper approaches the topic from the perspective of university continuing education. First, free educational materials (OER) differ conceptually from digital educational resources in general by their various Creative Commons licenses. One challenge for continuing education providers and training staff is selecting high-quality materials. Therefore, both the quality dimensions for digital learning materials and the difficulties in the practical implementation of quality assurance are discussed. Continuing education institutions operate in a market in which the ownership or copyright of learning materials, which are often very costintensive to develop, is seen as a competitive advantage. There is a tendency not to publish learning materials as OER. In the context of this tension, this paper presents a project within the framework of an individual case study, in which OER in
continuing education are being created for the OER portal of Lower Saxony, which is currently under development.