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Guide for Educators

What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

What are Open Education Resources (OER)?

OER include textbooks, courses, modules, exercises, tests, and softwares

Creative Commons (CC): Many often contain a creative commons license

Public Domain (PD): Most are in the public domain, eliminating barriers to access/use/copy

What can I do with OER?

Retain: You can keep the work forever

Reuse: You can use the work for your own purposes

Revise: You can adapt, modify or translate the work

Remix: You can combine it with another resource to make a new work

Redistribute: You can share the work for others