{"id":59,"date":"2026-02-01T14:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/index.php\/forstaelse-for-kvalitet\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:07:27","slug":"forstaelse-for-kvalitet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/forstaelse-for-kvalitet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Concept of Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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However, there is no universal definition of quality for open educational resources: what is considered high quality varies depending on the educational institution, target audience, and didactic purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to provide reliable guidance, we base our approach on the international study by Zawacki-Richter and Mayrberger (2017), as well as the instrument developed by M\u00fcskens within the EduArc sub-project “Quality of OER and international perspectives”<\/a>. Based on this, seven criteria were developed that are universally applicable to all open educational resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The seven quality criteria<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1<\/span>

Academic foundation<\/p><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2<\/span>

Reusability<\/p><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

3<\/span>

Application and transfer<\/p><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

4<\/span>

Support and guidance<\/p><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

5<\/span>

Motivation and didactics<\/p><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

6<\/span>

Structure, navigation and orientation<\/p><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

7<\/span>

Design, readability and accessibility<\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Vetenskaplig grund<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All content should reflect the current state of academic knowledge, be presented accurately, and generally follow good academic practice. In addition, a critical review by other teachers should have been carried out. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u00c5teranv\u00e4ndbarhet<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Other teachers should be able to reuse the educational material easily for their own purposes. Reusability should be supported both in terms of content and technically, and legal infringements should be avoided. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Till\u00e4mpning och transfer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The educational material should be competence-oriented, i.e., support learners in developing skills and abilities.It should encourage learners to apply their knowledge in practice. Therefore, it should include learning activities that enable students to transfer the content to new types of problem situations in their studies and working life. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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St\u00f6d och v\u00e4gledning<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The educational material should include opportunities to check learning outcomes. For example, it can enable learners to check what they have learned through review questions or by carrying out a self-assessment.To facilitate reuse, the material should also include supplementary information about the concept and previous use. This is best stored in didactic metadata. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Motivation och didaktik<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Det didaktiska uppl\u00e4gget b\u00f6r ha en stimulerande effekt p\u00e5 b\u00e5de studerande och l\u00e4rare. Det ska motivera studerande att engagera sig i \u00e4mnet och f\u00f6rdjupa sig i inneh\u00e5llet. L\u00e4rare ska k\u00e4nna intresse f\u00f6r att integrera materialet i sin egen undervisning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Struktur, navigation och orientering<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The structure of the educational material should be clear and as simple as possible, so that learners can easily orient themselves and navigate the material.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Design, l\u00e4sbarhet och tillg\u00e4nglighet<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The design should support learners\u2019 engagement with the material. An appealing design can spark interest and sustain attention.To ensure correct understanding, all components\u2014such as texts and graphics\u2014should be clearly visible and easy to read. The material should be designed to be as accessible as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Open Educational Resources create access to open, high-quality education\u2014and our seven quality criteria help to realize this in a transparent and comprehensible manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grena.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}