Table 1 Common research questions to guide the content of the microlevel reports

How do teachers know about and use the existing local infrastructures? Which infrastructures / working environments (e.g., tools, platforms) do teachers prefer to use to create and edit (O)ER?

Which types of (O)ER do teachers prefer to use in their teaching?

Which functionalities would be helpful for teachers to edit their own or others' (O)ER and/or for collaborative work?

Which aspects do teachers use to define the quality of (O)ER and their infrastructures?

Are teachers involved in defining quality of (O)ER and their infrastructures?

Are teachers aware of how institutional quality procedures related to (O)ER work and who is in charge of them?

Are there policies specific to certain study programs or departments or schools?

Are teachers involved in policymaking?

Are teachers aware of institutional policies related to (O)ER?

How are teachers involved in the technical and informational aspect of creating (O)ER and advancing the infrastructures?

Are teachers being supported in the technical-informational aspects of (O)ER material creation? How? (e.g., incentives, support)

How do teachers integrate external (O)ER into their own (O)ER? What changes do teachers make to their own and external (O)ER? With whom, where and how do teachers share (O)ER?