Article
10-12-2024
Why this is important
There is a wide range of digital educational resources available, but they are not easily accessible and findable for teachers and learners. Digital educational resources are on different platforms, applications or learning environments. This fragmentation hinders collaboration, reuse and open sharing of educational resources by teachers.
Therefore, as a public sector, we are working towards a more efficient and accessible system for digital educational resources for everyone in Dutch tertiary education. We want to develop a national digital ecosystem for sharing and reusing digital educational resources that works for every sector. So that learners and teachers have access to an optimal mix of open, semi-open and purchased digital educational resources.
How SURF and Kennisnet work together
SURF and Kennisnet each serve their own sectors. SURF serves tertiary education and Kennisnet serves primary, secondary and vocational education training schools. By formulating common principles and working together efficiently, we ensure that systems align.
‘In my view, education is about engaging and captivating learners, says Larissa Zegveld, director of Kennisnet. ‘With educational resources that suit learners, you can feed curiosity. As Kennisnet and SURF, we work together to create an ecosystem of (open) digital educational resources where quality and accessible searchability are paramount. For lifelong learning.’
Ron Augustus, chairman of SURF’s Executive Board, also agrees. ‘This step is a strong example of how the whole education sector is reaping the benefits of closer cooperation within our sector. For instance, teachers and learners will soon be able to access all digital educational resources in their own learning environment. What’s more, they will also be openly available as much as possible.’
About the publication
The publication outlines the route to the shared goal: an ecosystem for digital educational resources that meets the public values important to the sector. This is what SURF, Kennisnet and Npuls will be working on over the next few years.
