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Creative Commons is a licensing scheme for free(ish) content that is used both for content and for software. http://creativecommons.org/
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This licensing scheme is designed to, as the Creative Commons organization puts it, provide "a simple, standardized way \ [~jheise:for creators\] to keep their copyright while allowing certain uses of their work."
Creative Commons licenses have several options (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/).
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1. Use a specialized OER search engine: While search engines such as Google and Bing are a good general starting point for finding content online, there are also some specialized search engines that search specifically for OER. Their listings, however, are selective based on different search criteria so it is a good idea to try more than one. Here are a few of the popular ones: | Wiki Markup |
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2. Locate a suitable OER repository: Searchers should also access the major OER repositories to search for OER. Most are institutionally based, focusing on the materials released by that organization. A famous example is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Courseware Repository (MIT OCW). Some repositories, such as MedEd PORTAL, have a specific subject focus, in this instance, medical photos and multimedia. Below are a few of the more significant OER repositories (with many more described in Appendices Five and Six \ [~jheise:of the Basic Guide to OER\]):
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3. Use OER directory sites: There are many sites that have a search facility whose results point to places elsewhere on the Internet where resources match search criteria. They themselves do not act as a repository, but have identified quality resources and store them in a database of web links. Their databases usually have a particular focus. In the case of OER Africa, for example, they highlight quality resources developed in and about Africa. Here are just a few (with many more provided in Appendices Five and Six \ [~jheise:of the Basic Guide to OER\]):
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