Chapter template for open educational resources - La Trobe eBureau

This is a template that editors and authors of La Trobe eBureau open educational resources (OER) can use to develop content in a learner-centred way. They are used together with the corresponding OER author guidelines.The underlying principles informing the design of this template are:open textbooks should differ from traditional textbooks in pedagogy, not just accessibilityour OERs express concepts and practice in a way that speaks to the “hearts and minds” of learnersthe goal is to develop emerging practitioners or critical thinkers, rather than just provide open access informationcontext is key - communicating facts and concepts alone is of limited value in a rapidly changing worldeffective learning and development is deeply human, developmental, and contextualWe encourage you to adapt this template for your own OER project or open education program.