When submitting your OER for sharing through the Durham OER site, please give us as much information as you can and follow the format below.
Title
[Name of the resource] — keep it descriptive rather than clever. Someone scanning a list of posts should know immediately what the resource is about.
Strapline
One sentence. What is it, and who is it for?
Example: A set of annotated case studies on urban planning policy, designed for second-year Geography students but adaptable for any built environment module.
About the resource
Two to three short paragraphs covering:
- What the resource is and what it contains
- The context it was originally created for
- What a reuser would need to know before picking it up
Avoid module codes, internal references, or anything specific to Durham’s systems. Write as if the reader is at a different institution.
How I use it
One paragraph. How does this resource sit within your teaching? What does it do that other resources didn’t? This is the most human part of the post — it’s fine to write in first person.
How you could use it
One paragraph. Suggest one or two ways someone else might adapt or deploy it. Think about adjacent disciplines, different student levels, or alternative formats.
Licence and attribution
State the Creative Commons licence applied and provide the full attribution string.
Example: © [Author name], Durham University, CC BY 4.0, [Year]
Download or access the resource
[Add a link to the resource, wherever you have hosted it]
Subject area and tags
Add two or three subject tags to help people find it.