This document provides information about searching for open educational resources (OERs) including a list of 12 search engines that can be used. Some key search engines mentioned are Connexions, OpenCourseWare Consortium Search, Google Advanced Search, Boundless, YouTube, and OER Commons. Tips are provided for searching these sites, such as using keywords and filters to find free and openly licensed materials. Examples of searches are shown for sites like OpenCourseWare Consortium and Boundless. Additional information is given on ported and unported Creative Commons licenses and the different types of Creative Commons licenses that can be applied to OERs.

1. OERs SEARCH

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

3. 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/

4. Examples
You need to have a facebook/google account to login.
1. OpenCourseWare Consortium Search
URL: http://www.oeconsortium.org/courses/
Search term: Educational Psychology
2. Boundless
URL: https://www.boundless.com/
Search term: Accounting
Free quizzes or textbooks

5. 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: Algebraic fractions
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

6. 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!

7. Additional Information

8. What are ported and unported License (CC)?
• The verb ‘port’ applies to the adaptation of data to suit a
particular technological or policy
jurisdiction/territory/environment.
• ‘Unported’ licenses are licenses that are not associated
with any specific jurisdiction (e.g. country). They do not
mention any particular jurisdiction’s law.
Source: http://www.oerafrica.org/copyright-and-licensing-toolkit/what-are-ported-and-unported-licence-cc

9. Creative common licenses

10. The licenses
This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as
they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended
for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as
they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to
“copyleft” free and open source software licenses. All new works based on yours will carry the same license,
so any derivatives will also allow commercial use. This is the license used by Wikipedia, and is
recommended for materials that would benefit from incorporating content from Wikipedia and similarly
licensed projects.
This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along
unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new
works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works
on the same terms.
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you
and license their new creations
This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and
share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them
commercially.
Source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

11. Thank you!
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CC BY-SA
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