Open Education Essentials

A Practical Guide for Educators

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First Edition, 2026

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Welcome to Open Education Essentials – a short, practical guide to understanding and applying open education principles in your teaching practice.

This reader covers the foundational ideas, practical tools, and real-world examples you need to get started with open educational resources (OER) and open course design.

Work through the sections in order, or jump to any topic from the list below.

Section 1

Introduction

An introduction to open education principles, the 5Rs framework, and why content ownership matters.

Section 2

Installation

Practical tools for creating Git-backed, LMS-embeddable open course content – from Grav to Docsify-This.

Section 3

Creating Content

How to invite readers to suggest edits, view source, and contribute to your open course content via GitHub or Codeberg.

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