KlimaOER
The KlimaOER project was launched in June 2024 in the meteorological department at the Institute of Geosciences at the University of Bonn. We are working in cooperation with the Universities of Cologne, Kalsruhe and Hamburg and the project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF) for a period of 3 years. There is a cooperation with the University Partnership for Atmospheric Sciences (UPAS). Leonie Esters, Lisa Schielicke and Insa Thiele-Eich are leading the project in Bonn. The project is coordinated by Ellen Arimond.
What is OER?
"Open Educational Resources (OER) are educational materials of any kind and in any medium that are available under an open license. Such a license enables free access as well as free use, editing and redistribution by third parties without or with minor restrictions. The copyright holders themselves determine which rights of use they grant and which rights they reserve." (Definition from UNESCO.de)
What is KlimaOER?
The OER community is constantly growing and must be further promoted, spreaded and strengthened. To this, KlimaOER is to become a central point of contact for the OER network. Experts who have already created OER materials should be incorporated into a mentoring program in order to pass on their knowledge to those interested in OER, making it easier to spread OER and create more content. To ensure that the educational materials are also accessible to everyone, guidelines, e.g. on inclusion (more on this in the project application), are needed for the people who create them. These will be produced in the course of the project.
Another aim of the project is to create meteorological content for newcomers to the Master's degree programs in meteorology to make it easier for them to get started. In addition, we want to fulfill our educational mission to the general public and provide educational materials with weather and climate topics at different levels with content and factual expertise from our meteorological community. School visits with lectures, workshops and experiments are intended to spread OER and KlimaOER content.Portals with OER materials
MetEd is a platform with collected educational materials in the geosciences. The target group of this website are mainly students.
MERLOT is a English-language search platform that leads to various websites with the content you are looking for. OER content must be filtered. All levels are addressed.
OERSI is a German-language search platform for OER materials only, which links to various websites with the content you are looking for. The target group is primarily students.
ORCA.nrw is both a German-language search platform for OER materials and a point of contact for the creation of OER materials. The target group are students and teachers.
We are learning online is a German-language search platform that links to various websites after entering the topic you are looking for. You have to filter for OER materials. Everything from primary school materials to university content is searchable.
A further list of websites with OER content can be found at OERinfo.
1. News - Results of the Project
Here you will find the results we have already produced, such as guidelines, materials and the documentation from our last workshop:
2. Currently planned Workshops - Registration
Here you will find the date and topic of the next workshop:
3. Climate Education for your School
In cooperation with UPAS, we go to schools and use the LMU climate kit to educate people about climate change and extreme weather events.
Sponsored by
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
accompanied by
German Aerospace Center - Project Management Agency
German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Projektträger
Cooperation with
University Partnership for Atmospheric Sciences
Cooperation with
Meteorological Institute
Cooperation with
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Cooperation with
Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology
Contact us
If you have any questions about the project, are interested in working with us or would like to request a school visit, you can contact us at klimaoer@uni-bonn.de or using the contact details below.
Ellen Arimond
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
1.015
Auf dem Hügel 20
53121 Bonn
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Leonie Esters
Juniorprofessorin
1.010
Auf dem Hügel 20
53121 Bonn
Dr. Insa Thiele-Eich
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Meckenheimer Allee 176
53115 Bonn
Vertr.-Prof. Dr. Lisa Schielicke
Lehrstuhlinhaberin, Vertretung