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TU Dortmund University ranks 5th among ORCA.nrw partner Universities

TU Dortmund University is a Leader in Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely accessible teaching and learning materials that may be used, modified, and adapted at no cost, because the creators themselves determine exactly how these materials may be used by granting an open license.
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Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely accessible teaching and learning materials licensed under open licenses and can therefore be used, modified, combined, and shared free of charge, depending on their license. This saves educators a great deal of time and effort, for example, when they can further develop or adapt good ideas, or use them to create entirely new materials. OER promote collaboration and free access to education. OER are coordinated through the state portal ORCA.nrw, which serves as the central service provider for digitally supported teaching and learning in North Rhine-Westphalia and has now published the OER Report 2026.

OER Report 2026

The OER Report 2026 for TU Dortmund University details the number and types of materials, the subject areas, and the overall ranking among the 36 ORCA.nrw member universities. TU Dortmund ranks 5th in the 2026 report, placing it well among the leaders. The data is based on the OERs available through the Open Educational Resources Search Index (OERSI), a search engine that indexes more than 60 national and international OER databases and repositories focused on higher education. The OERSI is also included in the University Library’s catalog plus.

  • Compared to the previous year, the number of OERs published by authors at TU Dortmund University and discoverable via the OERSI has increased by 26%.
  • A total of 281 OERs were published by members of TU Dortmund University.
  • 264 of these OERs are in German.
  • Most OERs come from the fields of economics and social sciences.
  • Worksheets and videos are the most common types of materials.
  • CC-BY-SA is the most commonly assigned license.

The Digital Teaching Coordinator and the University Library are available to assist you with any questions regarding OER.

https://digitale-lehre.tu-dortmund.de/open-educational-resources/

 

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