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    Type of resources
    Reading
    Education level(s)
    College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional
    Primary user(s)
    Student, Teacher, Librarian
    Subject area(s)
    Education
    Language(s)
    English
    Cluster
    FAIR Data and Materials
    Last updated
    6 February 2025
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    Universities should put educational materials online and make them free

    By Richard F. Heller

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    Level College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional · For Student, Teacher, Librarian · Language English

    Abstract

    Plan E for Education is my proposal that a proportion of the educational resources generated in publicly funded universities be made freely available for sharing and use by others. This would be the educational equivalent of initiatives that require publicly funded research to be published in open access journals or platforms, characterised as Plan S.

    Keywords Plan E · Open Educational Resources · Open Educational Practices