This slides shows you how to use the OERs search engines to look for resources in your teaching materials!

1. OERs SEARCH
Prepared by: Lay Kee, Ch’ng
Contact: lkchng@wou.edu.my

2. Agenda
- Why OERs?
- Searching for OER materials
- Some links & examples
• Activity

3. Why OERs?
• Not only freely accessed, but they also
can be reused, modified, repurpose and
shared by anyone
• Save costs because it’s free!

4. Searching for OER materials
You can search OERs materials by using the following search engines:
Login without account Login with account (facebook or google)
Connexions OER
https://cnx.org/
OpenCourseWare Consortium Search
http://www.oeconsortium.org/courses/
Google advanced search
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
Boundless
https://www.boundless.com/
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com
OER commons
https://www.oercommons.org/
Creative commons
https://search.creativecommons.org/
CK-12
http://www.ck12.org/
Jorum
http://www.jorum.ac.uk/
Curriki
http://www.curriki.org/
College Open Textbooks
http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/
MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
WikiEducator
https://wikieducator.org/Main_Page
Saylor Academy
http://www.saylor.org/

5. Examples
You need to create a facebook/google account to login.
1. OpenCourseWare Consortium Search
URL: http://www.oeconsortium.org/courses/
Search term: Chemistry
• http://www.ck12.org/book/CK-12-Chemistry-Second-
Edition/section/4.1/
2. Boundless
URL: https://www.boundless.com/
Search term: Free quizzes or textbooks

6. Examples
3. Google advanced search
URL: https://www.google.com/advanced_search
Search term: Action research
Filter: free to use, share or modify, even commercially
4. Youtube
URL: https://www.youtube.com/
Search term: Action research
Filter: Creative commons
Take note: Some links provided in OERs text are not OERs!
http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1127/2507

7. Activity
Use the four suggested search engines to
search and identify for OER materials that
are related to your teaching & learning
topics by inserting different keywords.
Happy trying!

8. Reference
OERs are educational materials that are made
available under an open license framework.
Attribution CC BY
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license.
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Attribution-Non Commercial CC BY-NC
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license.
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA
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9. Thank you!
Attribution-ShareAlike
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