Ishan Abeywardena Zaid Ali Alsagoff Rajiv Jhangiani

LEADER DESIGNER EDITOR

WONDERING HOW TO…

FIND Open Educational Resources (OER)?

CREATE OER?

Use CREATIVE COMMONS (CC) licences appropriately?

Cite and ATTRIBUTE OER?

Design QUALITY OER?

Effectively REUSE, ADAPT or REMIX of OER?

Develop an institutional OER POLICY?

Etc.

As part of COL’s Community of Practice platform, the new OER FAQ forum hopes to help answer these questions and much more. The forum already covers over 100 FAQs on everything from the basics of Creative Commons licences to OER quality, OER policy and developing OER. As a community of practice, you will be invited to share and contribute your ideas on OER.

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq

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CATEGORIES

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/basics-of-oer

OER

BASICS

…Questions that are often posed by those new to the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER). Taken together, these

questions provide a QUICK INTRODUCTION to OER.

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/oer-in-education

EDUCATION

…Questions that concern the EFFECTIVE USE of OER within educational

institutions.

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/curating-and-finding-oer

FINDING

…Questions that are often posed by those who wish to FIND and/or

CURATE OER.

E R

O

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/developing-oer

DEVELOPING

…Questions that are often posed by those who wish to CREATE OER.

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/oer-policy

POLICY

…Questions that concern the DEVELOPMENT of institutional or

government POLICY to support the successful adoption, adaptation, or

creation of OER.

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/oer-quality

QUALITY

…Questions that concern the QUALITYof available OER.

CChttp://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/basics-of-creative-commons-licensing

CREATIVE COMMONS

…Questions often asked by those new to the idea of open licensing. Taken together, these questions provide a quick primer on

CREATIVE COMMONS licensing..

CC

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/creative-commons-licensing-for-authors

AUTHORS

…Questions often asked by those considering APPLYING an open license to their creative work.

CC

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/creative-commons-licensing-for-users

USERS

…Questions often asked by those who wish to REUSE or ADAPT openly-licensed

materials.

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/open-textbooks

OPEN TEXTBOOKS

…Questions often posed by those who wish to find, use, or create a specific type

of OER known as OPEN TEXTBOOKS.

OPENhttp://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq/other-types-of-open

OTHER TYPES

…Questions that distinguish OER from a variety of other terms that include the word “OPEN" and that are often heard

within educational contexts.

http://discourse.col.org/c/open-educational-resources-faq

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