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What are REDs and why are they important?
Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely accessible and freely available digital learning materials that can be used, adapted and distributed by teachers, students or trainers. These resources play a key role in promoting equity in education and support pedagogical innovation.
The LIVRESQ platform is an example of excellence in the creation, use and publishing of OER. LIVRESQ not only provides intuitive tools for developing interactive educational content, but also supports an active community of teachers who contribute valuable lessons to the public library.
What are REDs and why are they important?
Digital pedagogy page on LIVRESQ ( https://livresq.com/ro/pedagogie-digitala/) clearly outlines the LIVRESQ philosophy: hands-on training with immediate applicability, where teachers learn how to create interactive digital lessons in OER format that they can publish in the LIVRESQ Library.
The aim is twofold:
- Increasing the quality of educational resources used in the countryside;
- Developing digital competences of teachers in line with European standards.
This page is the resource center for all those who participate in the course "Designing, Implementing and Using Open Educational Resources" and presents:
- Detailed guides,
- Practical exercises,
- Video training sessions,
- Best practice models.
What does LIVRESQ offer for REDs?
LIVRESQ provides essential tools for every stage in the development of an OER:
✍️ Setting up REDs
- Visual drag-and-drop editor;
- Insert images, files, video, audio, glossaries, external links;
- Possibility to include interactive activities: quizzes, educational games, fill in the blanks, sorting, etc.;
- SCORM support for export to LMSs.
📦 Storage and publication
- Save resources to your personal account;
- Publication in the public library LIVRESQ (subject to minimum standards);
- Organization by projects, learning units or domains.
📊 Visibility and impact
- The published OERs can be downloaded and adapted by other colleagues;
- Statistics on lesson usage;
- Digital certificate for contributing authors.
OER templates: 4 useful templates for teachers
To facilitate the process of creating OERs, LIVRESQ offers 4 different pedagogical templates, each with a unique approach:
- CLASSIC NETWORK
Provides a clear and balanced structure suitable for any type of educational content. It provides a stable pedagogical foundation and is the ideal choice for lessons with multiple levels of complexity.
- Traditional structure: objectives - content - assessment;
- Suitable for frontal lessons or review;
- Easily adaptable to any level of learning.
- CLARITY NETWORK
Emphasizes rigorous and logical organization of information, optimal for lessons requiring maximum clarity. It is ideal for education based on well-defined and easy-to-follow concepts, facilitating deep and rapid comprehension.
- Streamlined design, focus on logical organization of ideas;
- Ideal for introducing new concepts;
- Recommended for middle and high school.
- RED FLUX
Designed to support a fluid and seamless educational journey, encouraging interactivity and active participation. This template promotes experiential and self-paced learning.
- Logical narrative approach, in steps;
- Encourages the development of critical thinking;
- Recommended for interdisciplinary projects.
- RED STORY
It harnesses the power of narrative to capture students' imaginations, giving them the opportunity to learn through engaging stories. In this way, the lesson becomes not only informative, but deeply emotional and memorable.
- It's based on storytelling;
- Engages students emotionally and cognitively;
- Great for discovery learning and scenarios.
All templates can be duplicated in your personal account, adapted and republished, making it a great starting point for beginning teachers.
Publication and quality rules
In order for a RED to be accepted in the LIVRESQ Library, it must meet certain minimum requirements:
Correct completion of Metadata (mandatory)
To ensure effective searchability and a professional presentation, each educational resource must include:
- Title of the lesson
- Full name of the author
- Complete description of the lesson content
- A representative cover image (cover)
- At least 3 relevant keywords (for indexing and search)
Correct export classification
When publishing in the LIVRESQ Library, it is essential to verify that the resource is correctly classified to ensure proper integration within the platform:
- Target age group
- Target Category (e.g. Interactive Lessons)
- Target class
- Target subject matter/subject
Quality of content in the lesson
To maintain high-quality standards on the platform, all published lessons must meet the following conditions:
- Removing predefined items from the template (e.g. texts such as "Write a sequel...", "Add title here...", demonstration videos or test quizzes).
- All interactive elements must be functional (e.g. quizzes, buttons, links, etc.).
- Hyperlinks must be valid and lead to accurate sources. and lead to the right sources.
- The main content must be presented within the LIVRESQ lesson – not solely as an attachment. (Example: a lesson consisting only of an attached PDF or PPT file will not be approved.)
These rules have been developed precisely to ensure the quality of public content and to provide a genuine educational experience for those using OER.
Course "Digital Pedagogy: Design and use of OER"
On the official course, interested teachers can enroll in an applied training program that offers them:
- Step-by-step training with accredited trainers;
- Access to model resources and video tutorials;
- Individual feedback;
- Graduation certificate;
- A final OER lesson, created and published in the LIVRESQ library.
It is a practically designed program, useful for any teacher who wants to integrate digital into their teaching.
Conclusion
LIVRESQ is more than an authoring platform for educational content. It is an environment for collaboration, training and dissemination of pedagogical best practices, with a clear focus on Open Educational Resources.
By using ODL templates, going through the digital pedagogy course and applying quality standards, teachers can create impactful content tailored to students' needs and aligned to modern education standards.
We invite all teachers to explore the LIVRESQ library and actively contribute to the transformation of digital education in Romania.
Create. Publish. Inspire! With LIVRESQ.
