Category: Open Educational Resources

How can teaching be designed with CORE Econ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of switching to CORE Econ? At an event organised by the Community für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften (A German Community for Information Literacy and Academic Skills in Business and Economics), Prof. Christian Tode and Prof. Anna Göddeke shared their practical experiences and reported on how dealing with real-world topics and data affects student participation and motivation. CORE Econ (Curriculum Open Access Resources in Economics) is an international network founded in 2012 to contribute to the reform of economics education. This was preceded by the 2008 […]

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The textbook “Introduction to Econometrics with R” is an interactive online companion for students and researchers. Lecturers worldwide use it in their courses, and the international research community participates in further developing it. Martin Christopher Arnold and Prof. Dr Christoph Hanck are part of the project team behind the open textbook. In this interview, they talk about the organisation of the Open Educational Resource and give tips for other projects. How did your textbook project “Introduction to Econometrics with R” come about, and what is its aim? Introduction to Econometrics with R (ITER) is the result of the project Reproducible […]

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If you are active in teaching, re-using the educational materials of other teachers can bring you some advantages. At the same time, you can help others if you also share your self-created teaching materials with third parties. That is why the Open Economics Guide of the ZBW now has a new topic area on Open Educational Resources (OER)! Here you can find out how you can directly benefit from open teaching. At the same time, useful practical tips will help you get started with the creation of open teaching resources yourself. OER refers to educational materials that are published under […]

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