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Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS/Text OER (view source)
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The search engine will retrieve web pages for your topic that are both OER and non OER and you need to check each result you want to use, if it is OER.
The search engine will retrieve web pages for your topic that are both OER and non OER and you need to check each result you want to use, if it is OER.
When you visit any site returned by the search results, you need to look for copyright information to ascertain that the resource is OER and you can re-use it. If the resource is not explicitly declared to be an OER (allowing you to re-use), you should not use it in making your OER.
When you visit any site returned by the search results, you need to look for copyright information to ascertain that the resource is OER and you can re-use it.
If there is no information on the web page accessed through the search, you should visit the home page or the 'About Us' page of the web site to find out if there is any information or link which gives details of the copyright for the content on that site.
In many website, no copyright information is given. In such a case, since the default copyright is 'All rights reserved', you should not download any materials from that site or web page. In some cases, the website / web page may clearly specify copyright as 'All rights reserved', here also you should not download any materials.
''Thus, if the resource is not explicitly declared to be an OER (allowing you to re-use), you should not use it in making your OER''.
==== Introducing OER as a criteria in your search ====
==== Introducing OER as a criteria in your search ====
Search engines allow for search results to be filtered and displayed by license. You can do this by specifying OER as a criteria while setting your search preferences. In Google search you need to select <u>Settings → Advanced Search.</u> In Advanced Search, you can select Usage Rights as ‘free to use, share or modify, even commercially’ to get OER that you can re-use with or without modification.{{clear}}
Search engines allow for search results to be filtered and displayed by license. You can do this by specifying OER as a criteria while setting your search preferences. In Google search you need to select <u>Settings → Advanced Search.</u> In Advanced Search, you can select Usage Rights as ‘free to use, share or modify, even commercially’ to get OER that you can re-use with or without modification.
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====Popular OER repositories====
====Popular OER repositories====
Some of the large-scale repositories created through the OER movement include:
Some of the large-scale repositories created through the OER movement include: