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Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS/Text OER (view source)
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[[File:COL_-_Searching_in_Wikipedia.png|left|thumb|400x400px|Wikipedia page]][[File:TextOER1.png|none|thumb|450x450px|Digital Story Telling page on English Wikipedia]][[File:TextOER2.png|thumb|450x450px|Language option to access Digital Story Telling page in other languages|none]]
[[File:COL_-_Searching_in_Wikipedia.png|left|thumb|400x400px|Wikipedia page]][[File:TextOER1.png|none|thumb|450x450px|Digital Story Telling page on English Wikipedia]][[File:TextOER2.png|thumb|450x450px|Language option to access Digital Story Telling page in other languages|none]]
Other popular OER sites include <nowiki>http://www.wikieducator.org</nowiki>, <nowiki>https://oercommons.org</nowiki>. A list of OER sites is available on <nowiki>http://www.searchoer.com/list-of-oer.html</nowiki>
Other popular OER sites include http://www.wikieducator.org, https://oercommons.org. A list of OER sites is available on http://www.searchoer.com/list-of-oer.html.
====Searching the web for OER====
====Searching the web for OER====
In addition to accessing on the Wikipedia, you could also use a search engine to access information can use a search engine such as Google search engine or DuckDuckGo search engine. 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 on the Wikipedia, you could also use a search engine to access information can use a search engine such as Google search engine or DuckDuckGo search engine. 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.
[[File:COL_-_Google_Search_-_Adavance_Search_for_OER_1.png|left|thumb|500x500px|DST using Google search engine]]
{|
![[File:COL_-_Google_Search_-_Adavance_Search_for_OER_1.png|thumb|450x450px|DST using Google search engine]]
[[File:COL_-_Searching_DST_using_DuckDuckGo_search_engine.png|thumb|541x541px|DST using DuckDuckGo search engine|none]]
![[File:COL_-_Searching_DST_using_DuckDuckGo_search_engine.png|thumb|450x450px|DST using DuckDuckGo search engine|none]]
|}
The search engine will retrieve web pages for your topic that are both OER and non OER and it is important to specify OER in your search criteria.
The search engine will retrieve web pages for your topic that are both OER and non OER and it is important to specify OER in your search criteria.
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 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 =====
[[File:COL_-_Google_Advanced_Search_for_OER_-_Usage_rights.png|left|Specifying license in Google search settings|alt=Specifying license in Google search settings|450x450px|thumb]]
[[File:COL_-_Google_Advanced_Search_for_OER_-_Usage_rights.png|left|Specifying license in Google search settings|alt=Specifying license in Google search settings|450x450px|thumb]]
