Whether or not teaching and learning materials are suitable as Open Educational Resources (OER) can be assessed using formal, in particular legal, criteria. On behalf of the Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family (SenBJF), we have developed an OER testing tool for this purpose. This allows us to review educational media before they are published in a Berlin OER repository.
In addition, we support the Senate Administration in the field of OER and artificial intelligence with an OER service centre, organise and support the SenBJF's OER specialist days and advise both public authorities and specialist and regular teaching staff as part of the OER learning space advisory service. This includes, among other things, training courses, events and practical handouts.
For example, this was also the case at the symposium on OER and artificial intelligence in vocational education. In the context of the digital transformation in the world of work and society, this focused on communicating the great potential of OER and AI for increasing the quality of training and teaching, reducing the workload of teachers and dovetailing digital with technical and social skills. In order to provide support for (vocational) teaching at vocational colleges/upper secondary schools (OSZ), the symposium offered participating teachers and subject area managers space for exchange, practical testing and networking in keynotes, discussions and workshops. In terms of didactics, the focus was on industrial/technical professions, business/administration professions, general education subjects and language education.
In addition, we provide expert opinions on legal issues and have developed an OER policy, which has since been implemented at the SenBJF.
