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In this chapter, we will briefly discuss what is OER and how you can use this toolkit will help you to create, re-purpose and publish OER.

In this chapter, we will briefly discuss what is OER and how you can use this toolkit to create, re-purpose and publish OER.

=== What is OER ===

=== What is OER ===

This toolkit proposes to enable teachers to use FOSS tools to create and re-purpose OER. .  The term Open Educational Resource (OER) was coined at the 2002 UNESCO Forum on Open Courseware. Subsequently, its definition has been updated to the following:

This toolkit proposes to enable teachers to use FOSS tools to create and re-purpose OER. The term Open Educational Resource ([[wikipedia:Open_educational_resources|OER]]) was coined at the 2002 [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002225/222585e.pdf UNESCO Forum on Open Courseware]. Subsequently, its definition has been updated to the following:

…teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions” (2012 Paris OER declaration).

…teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions” (2012 Paris OER declaration).