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'''''The status of the teacher reflects the socio-cultural ethos of a society; it is said that no people can rise above the level of its teachers. The Government and the community should endeavor to create conditions which will help motivate and inspire teachers on constructive and creative lines. Teachers should have the freedom to innovate, to devise appropriate methods of communication and activities relevant to the needs and capabilities of and the concerns of the community. National Policy of Education, 1986.'''''

'''''The status of the teacher reflects the socio-cultural ethos of a society; it is said that no people can rise above the level of its teachers. The Government and the community should endeavour to create conditions which will help motivate and inspire teachers on constructive and creative lines. Teachers should have the freedom to innovate, to devise appropriate methods of communication and activities relevant to the needs and capabilities of and the concerns of the community. National Policy of Education, 1986.'''''

Teacher education acknowledged as an important lever for the quality of school education. Improving the quality of teacher education would help in development of more capable and motivated teachers, which would improve the quality of classroom processes and school education.

Teacher education acknowledged as an important lever for the quality of school education. Improving the quality of teacher education would help in development of more capable and motivated teachers, which would improve the quality of classroom processes and school education.

There is need to promote the creation, revision, publishing and adoption of OER across the world. One way to do this, could be to make available more digital tools for people to use, to create, revise and publish OER. The “Hands-On Toolkit for Teachers to Create, Re-purpose and Publish Open Educational Resources (OER) using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)”, aims to promote the creation, re-purposing and publishing of OER using FOSS applications.

There is need to promote the creation, revision, publishing and adoption of OER across the world. One way to do this, could be to make available more digital tools for people to use, to create, revise and publish OER. The “Hands-On Toolkit for Teachers to Create, Re-purpose and Publish Open Educational Resources (OER) using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)”, aims to promote the creation, re-purposing and publishing of OER using FOSS applications.

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=== 1 A tool-kit ===

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 as part of the Grant.

The toolkit has been developed by IT for Change, an organization working with teachers and school systems on meaningful ICT integration, to support the aims of education. The development of this course material was carried out with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, as a part of the [http://roer4d.org Research on OER for Development] ROER4D research program

This toolkit is aimed at

This toolkit is aimed at senior education officials to help them understand the tool-kit components and processes, and plan for a similar program, adapting it to local context, needs and priorities. It is also for Teacher educators and Teachers, to support them to design and implement similar programs and participate in the design and implementation of same.

The toolkit is available in an on-line edition in the form of a “Wiki book”. The Wiki book edition can also be shared off-line on a DVD, which can enable user to read the digital version without internet connectivity. Along with the tool-kit, a custom software distribution which contains the FOSS desktop tools covered is shared on-line, which can  be  installed on your computer and enable learning the applications that are a part of the tool-kit.

The toolkit is available in an on-line edition in the form of a “Wiki book”. The Wiki book edition can also be shared off-line on a DVD, which can enable user to read the digital version without internet connectivity. Along with the tool-kit, a custom software distribution which contains the FOSS desktop tools covered is shared on-line, which can  be  installed on your computer and enable learning the applications that are a part of the tool-kit.

=== 2 Copyright ===

=== 2 Copyright ===

©2017 IT for Change. 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 IT for Change. Except where otherwise noted, 'A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit' is made available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International] ('''CC BY 4.0''') License.  

'''''Images and videos :''''' All images and videos used in this toolkit, unless otherwise specified have been created by the author. Some of these are screen shots of the FOSS applications discussed in the toolkit, others are from workshops conducted by IT for Change with teachers from government schools in Karnataka and Telangana.

 

'''''Images:''''' All images used in this toolkit, unless otherwise specified have been created by the author. Most of these are screen shots of the FOSS applications discussed in the toolkit.

 

'''''Disclaimer:''''' The ideas and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author; they are not necessarily those of ''Commonwealth of Learning'' and do not commit the organization.

 

'''''Caveat:''''' This course material was published to support the learning of students. Neither ''IT for Change'' nor the ''Commonwealth of Learning'' grants any degree, certification or credits based solely on your completion of this course material.

 

'''''Acknowledgement:''''' The development of this course material was supported by the Commonwealth of Learning, Burnaby, Canada as part of the Grant #2015-2585 generously made by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, USA'''.'''

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'''Acknowledgements'''

'''Acknowledgements'''

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].

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

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

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

Technical support - Rakesh B., Technology Associate and Yogesh K.S., Technology Associate

 

Technical support - Yogesh K.S., Technology Associate

 

Graphics - Smriti Khera, Research and Communications Assistant

Editing support and Graphics - Yatti Soni, Communications Associate

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