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OER Handbook blog OER Handbook Zotero Collection For those who are unfamiliar with <a href="http://www.zotero.org/">Zotero</a>, it is a Firefox extension for organizing sources and citations. One of the benefits of Zot... — noreply@blogger.com (Sgurell) 2008-07-22 Version 1.0 Available <a href="http://www.wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator_version_one">Version 1.0 of the OER Handbook</a> is now available. A print version will be available for purchas... — noreply@blogger.com (Sgurell) 2008-07-07 Repositories and Licensing <a href="http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg">Wayne Mackintosh of WikiEducator</a> has suggested that the repository subsections (<a href="http://www.wik... — noreply@blogger.com (Sgurell) 2008-04-09 We need user stories As the <a href="http://www.wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator">educator mini-handbook</a> takes shape it is time to add stories. This project needs stories in the fol... — noreply@blogger.com (Sgurell) 2008-03-25 PDF export In order to get a sense for the progress on the mini-handbook I used an extremely helpful feature of WikiEducator - <a href="http://www.wikieducator.org/Help:Collections">collec... — noreply@blogger.com (Sgurell) 2008-03-11

The purpose of this handbook is to provide a guide for those who are just getting started in the creation of open educational resources (OER). Significant progress has been made by many in the open education movement to help acclimatise novices. Some of these notable projects include Composing free and open online educational resources and OLCOS's tutorials. This handbook project is meant to complement other such projects.

Mini-handbooks

Mini-handbooks are available for three audiences:

1. Educators (ongoing development - please contribute)
   Version 1.0 (Wiki)
   Version 1.0 (Black and White - PDF and Print)
   Version 1.0 (Color - PDF and Print)
   Zotero collection of sources used in Version 1.0
2. Institutions
3. Policy makers

Resources

	Open educational resources
	Wikipedia has an article on this subject. Visit Open educational resources for more in depth information

• Peter Rawsthorne's Utilizing OER for Development
• UNESCO OER Toolkit Draft
• OLCOS's tutorials
• Introduction to Open Educational Resources Free online course (Rice University)
• The "How Tos" of OER Commons

Sponsors

The OER Handbook is guided by the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning(COSL) and generously funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Content is generated by volunteers in the open education movement, including WikiEducator users.

See also

• Project planning