The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Ireland) published this year Using Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) for Teaching and Learning. The guide was developed from across the Irish higher education sector but is applicable everywhere.
The main sections include:
- Understanding open - Introduction to open education, OER and OEP
- Using OER - Open licensing; finding, evaluating and attributing OER
- Creating OER - Licensing and sharing your own OER
- Using OEP - Using open pedagogy and OEP
For example the first section of Using OEP describes the connection of open education practices and open pedagogy:
As noted in the introductory section on OEP, just as education cannot be reduced to learning materials alone, so open education is not focused on open educational resources alone. OEP (open educational practices) is a broad descriptor that includes the use of OER, but also open pedagogy and open sharing of teaching practices — all with the goal of improving access, enhancing learning, and empowering learners.
It goes on to list several types of OEP each linked to examples. Many of the chapters include activities and reflective questions.