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Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning resources that have been openly licensed, and can be used for free. For OER, clear permission has been provided up front so that school staff, and anyone else, can use these resources to best suit their teaching aims, as well as the needs of their learners. Globally, educators are working to make, share and promote OER. The OER Guidance for Schools was commissioned by Leicester City Council, and is part of the DigiLit Leicester project. The Guidance aims to support school staff in understanding and making use of open licensing, and creating and sharing their own OER. | Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning resources that have been openly licensed, and can be used for free. For OER, clear permission has been provided up front so that school staff, and anyone else, can use these resources to best suit their teaching aims, as well as the needs of their learners. Globally, educators are working to make, share and promote OER. The OER Guidance for Schools was commissioned by Leicester City Council, and is part of the DigiLit Leicester project. The Guidance aims to support school staff in understanding and making use of open licensing, and creating and sharing their own OER. | ||
The Guidance is available at http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/openeducation and consists of four documents, as well as a range of supporting materials. The main four Guidance documents (G1-G4) are: | The Guidance is available at http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/openeducation and also hosted at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/OERGS. It consists of four documents, as well as a range of supporting materials. The main four Guidance documents (G1-G4) are: | ||
* {{file|G1 Open Education and the Schools Sector.pdf}} - this covers OER, open education, OER freedoms and benefits of OER to schools. | * {{file|G1 Open Education and the Schools Sector.pdf}} - this covers OER, open education, OER freedoms and benefits of OER to schools. | ||
* {{file|G2 Understanding Open Licensing.pdf}} - this addresses copyright, fair dealing, different types of Creative Commons licences and the public domain. | * {{file|G2 Understanding Open Licensing.pdf}} - this addresses copyright, fair dealing, different types of Creative Commons licences and the public domain. | ||
