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Line 10: − You can publish your OER in popular OER repositories, some of which have been mentioned earlier in this toolkit. This chapter briefly discusses OER repositories where you could publish the OER you create or re-purpose. − + − + − There are OER repositories for uploading your text resources. [https://wikieducator.org/Main_Page WikiEducator] is a repository specially for sharing educational content. [http://Slideshare.net Slideshare] and [https://www.academia.edu/ Academia.edu] are popular web sites where you can upload your presentation slides and text documents. + + − + + + + − − Remember always to specify the license of the OER you upload. If you do not specify any license, then the default license 'all rights reserved' will apply, which will make your content a 'non-OER'. You can choose from a variety of [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses].
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# Maintaining your own web space or blog and making available your resources
# Maintaining your own web space or blog and making available your resources
# Contributing your creations to different OER repositories
# Contributing your creations to different OER repositories
=== Publishing text OER ===
=== Creating your own web space and publishing OER ===
You can create your own (blog) site on [http://Wordpress.com. Wordpress]. If you would like to upload all your OER in a single place to make it available to others, this is a good option. [http://Wordpress.com. Wordpress] is a simple software for you to manage your web content.
You can create your own (blog) site on [http://Wordpress.com. Wordpress]. If you would like to upload all your OER in a single place to make it available to others, this is a good option. [http://Wordpress.com. Wordpress] is a simple software for you to manage your web content. You could also maintain your own blogs with an organized collection of all OER created by you.
=== Publishing in existing repositories ===
You can publish your OER in popular OER repositories, some of which have been mentioned earlier in this toolkit. This chapter briefly discusses OER repositories where you could publish the OER you create or re-purpose.
You can also contribute your content to [https://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] In case the page does not exist in Wikipedia, you can create the page, this is the way this encyclopedia has grown to be the most referred-to encyclopedia. You can edit the relevant page in Wikipedia, if it is already existing. Contributing to Wikipedia is even more important if you are creating an OER in a language other than English. Most languages of the world, especially languages spoken in the developing countries, are not well represented on Wikipedia (see [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias]). Since Wikipedia is a popular encyclopedia, if you could regularly contribute your OER to Wikipedia, it would be seen by many others. You will need to follow the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia|editing guidelines]] of Wikipedia.
==== Publishing text OER ====
There are OER repositories for uploading your text resources. [https://wikieducator.org/Main_Page WikiEducator] is a repository specially for sharing educational content. [http://Slideshare.net Slideshare] and [https://www.academia.edu/ Academia.edu] are popular web sites where you can upload your presentation slides and text documents. It is important to note here that even if you are contributing your resource to a repository that is not OER, you could make your resources OER for anyone to access. Remember always to specify the license of the OER you upload. If you do not specify any license, then the default license 'all rights reserved' will apply, which will make your content a 'non-OER'. You can choose from a variety of [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses].
You can also contribute your content to [https://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], the most visited OER in the world. You can either create a new webpage or edit an existing page on Wikipedia. A collaborative community has been the way this encyclopedia has grown to be the most referred-to encyclopedia. Contributing to Wikipedia is even more important if you are creating an OER in a language other than English. Most languages of the world, especially languages spoken in the developing countries, are not well represented on Wikipedia (see [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias]). Since Wikipedia is a popular encyclopedia, if you could regularly contribute your OER to Wikipedia, it would be seen by many others. You will need to follow the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia|editing guidelines]] of Wikipedia.
As mentioned, you should publish in formats that are open and easier to edit. A web page is usually in the .html format which is an open format. In case you are uploading a document (file) on-line, you should prefer an odt over a pdf format (editable v/s non-editable format) for publishing a text document. Again you should prefer an odt over a docx format (open v/s closed formats).
As mentioned, you should publish in formats that are open and easier to edit. A web page is usually in the .html format which is an open format. In case you are uploading a document (file) on-line, you should prefer an odt over a pdf format (editable v/s non-editable format) for publishing a text document. Again you should prefer an odt over a docx format (open v/s closed formats).
=== Publishing image OER ===
=== Publishing image OER ===