1. Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia Searching and Creating Open Educational Resources Sanjaya Mishra Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia

2. Why Re-invent the Wheel?  Searching OER – Google Advanced Search Google Advanced Search – Creative Commons Search Creative Commons Search – JORUM (UK) JORUM – Xpert Xpert – Connecting Repositories Connecting Repositories – BASE BASE – FreeFullPDF FreeFullPDF – Directory of OER Directory of OER

3. Major OER Platforms  WikiEducator WikiEducator  Connextions Connextions  OER Commons OER Commons  College Open textbooks College Open textbooks  CK-12 CK-12  Siyavula Siyavula  MERLOT MERLOT  OpenLearn OpenLearn  Saylor Academy Saylor Academy  BC Open Textbooks BC Open Textbooks  Open Course Library Open Course Library  NPTEL NPTEL

4. Creating OER with WikiEducator  Account Creation  Searching of OER (in a topic of your interest)