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Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS/Text OER (view source)
Revision as of 05:25, 22 March 2017
, 05:25, 22 March 2017→Searching the web for OER
====Searching the web for OER====
====Searching the web for OER====
In addition to accessing OER on Wikipedia, you could also use a search engine such as Google search engine or DuckDuckGo search engine to access information. You could look for information by simply typing in Digital Story Telling in the search bar of the search engine; shown below are examples of how a search for "Digital Story Telling" would look like.
In addition to accessing OER on Wikipedia, you could also use a search engine such as Google search engine or [https://duckduckgo.com DuckDuckGo] search engine to access information. While Google search engine (and many other popular search engines) track your searches and store the trail, [https://duckduckgo.com DuckDuckGo] does not. This also means that if you do not want to receive targeted advertising, based on your searches, you should use [https://duckduckgo.com DuckDuckGo]. Another option is to add DuckDuckGo search engine to your Firefox browser, so that you can use it whenever you want to, and use Google or other search engines which are configured on your Firefox toolbar.
You could look for information by simply typing in Digital Story Telling in the search bar of the search engine; shown below are examples of how a search for "Digital Story Telling" would look like.
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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.
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''.
''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 ====