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=== A tool-kit to create, re-purpose and publish OER ===

=== A tool-kit to create, re-purpose and publish OER ===

The toolkit has been developed by IT for Change, an organization working with teachers and school systems on the use of FOSS for OER creation. The development of this course material was supported by the [http://col.org/ Commonwealth of Learning], Burnaby, Canada as part of the Grant #2015-2585 generously made by [[wikipedia:Hewlett_Foundation|The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]], USA

The toolkit has been developed by IT for Change, an organization working with teachers and school systems on the use of FOSS for OER creation. The development of this course material was supported by the [http://col.org/ Commonwealth of Learning], Burnaby, Canada as part of the Grant #2015-2585 generously made by [[wikipedia:Hewlett_Foundation|The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]], USA.

This toolkit is aimed at native and non-English native speakers, hence the language has been kept simple and accessible.

This toolkit is aimed at native and non-English native speakers, hence the language has been kept simple and accessible.

Along with the tool-kit, a custom software distribution which contains the FOSS desktop tools covered in the handbook is shared as a DVD, which you should install on your computer, to create, re-purpose and publish OER.

Along with the tool-kit, a custom software distribution which contains the FOSS desktop tools covered in the handbook is shared as a DVD, which you should install on your computer, to create, re-purpose and publish OER.

In line with the philosophy of OER, the toolkit is released under the CC-BY license, and the custom software distribution is released under the General Public License (GPL). The CC BY license enables you to make copies of the tool-kit with or without modifications and distribute it for profit or not for profit. The GPL license enables you to make copies of the software applications with or without modifications. Modifications if any, to the software, can be re-distributed only as FOSS.

In line with the philosophy of OER, the toolkit is released under the CC-BY license, and the custom software distribution is released under the General Public License (GPL). The CC BY license enables you to make copies of the tool-kit with or without modifications and distribute it for profit or without profit. The GPL license enables you to make copies of the software applications with or without modifications. Modifications if any, to the software, can be re-distributed only as FOSS.

=== Copyright ===

=== Copyright ===

©2017 by the Commonwealth of Learning. Except where otherwise noted, ''Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS'' is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ('''CC BY 4.0''') License: <nowiki>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</nowiki>. By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the Commonwealth of Learning’s Open Access repository (http://oasis.col.org).

©2017 by the Commonwealth of Learning. Except where otherwise noted, ''Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS'' is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ('''CC BY 4.0''') License: <nowiki>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</nowiki>. By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the Commonwealth of Learning’s Open Access repository (http://oasis.col.org).

'''Acknowledgements'''

'''Acknowledgements'''

The toolkit was written by a team of editors, subject experts and technology experts from IT for Change.  

The toolkit was written by a [http://itforchange.net/Team team] of editors, subject experts and technology experts from [http://ITforChange.net IT for Change].  

Authors  – [http://itforchange.net/Guru Gurumurthy Kasinathan], Director IT for Change and Sriranjani Ranganathan, Deputy Director IT for Change

Authors  – [http://itforchange.net/Guru Gurumurthy Kasinathan], Director and [http://itforchange.net/ITfC-Directors Sriranjani Ranganathan], Deputy Director

Content support - Rakesh B., Technology Associate and Venkatesh T.Gowda, Program Associate  

Content support - Rakesh B., Technology Associate and Venkatesh T.Gowda, Program Associate  

Formatting support - Harish - Technology Assistant and Sunil C., Program Assistant

Formatting support - Harish - Technology Assistant and Sunil C., Program Assistant