Creating more accessible OER
Accessibility is an important goal, not only—but especially—when creating OER.What good are teaching and learning materials that have, of course, been published in accordance with FAIR principles and are openly
Creating less boring OER. Part 3 – Ancient didactics for structuring contemporary learning materials
Anyone who has ever taught knows that simply providing information is not enough to impart knowledge. As much as one might like to plug a data cable into learners’ necks
Creating less boring OER. Part 2 – Storytelling and scenario-based learning
Another way to present content in an entertaining (less boring) way is what’s known as “storytelling.” This term has become increasingly widespread in the advertising and marketing industries in recent
Between FAIRness and Responsibility: Value-sensitive approaches for Open Science consulting
This article also appeared as a guest post on 1 July 2026 on the blog of the Brandenburg Open Access Networking and Competence Centre (https://open-access-brandenburg.de/gastbeitrag-wertesensible-ansaetze-fuer-die-open-science-beratung/)Hantow, Jonas (2026): “Guest post: Between
Creating less boring OERs. Part 1: Elements of gamification.
Strictly speaking, this series of blog posts focuses on just one very specific sub-category of OER – self-paced courses.In other words, learning materials that learners can work through at times
Creating OER with the help of “AI”
The level of acceptance of “AI” – by which, in line with common usage, I mainly mean chat-based Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or DeepL –
Upcoming seminar series: Ethics in action – Working with sensitive data from scientific collections
A dinosaur fossil from another continent. A pressed herbarium sheet from 1847. What could possibly be ethically complex about that? Quite a lot, it turns out. Join our brand-new seminar
Impressions from the Deutsche Naturschutztag 2026
This year’s 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘁𝘇𝘁𝗮𝗴 (March 10-14, 2026 in Berlin) 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗡𝗼𝗗𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹! One of
Creating OER with H5P
When creating our self-study courses, we tried out various formats to present our content in a visually appealing and interactive way.In the past (yes, still during the coronavirus lockdown), often
Creating OER with the WiNoDa Personas
After writing the subject-specific scripts based on the chosen learning objectives, I began creating the actual online course, i.e. the narrative presentation of the content in Moodle. Our ‘personas’ help