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Technology for creation and self-expression has become one of the defining features of the increased ICT availability of ICT in today's society.  OER allows for this creativity and expression; in fact, the power of OER is in its re-use by others, creating a rich learning environment. You benefit from OER, by being able to access a variety of resources for your various learning and teaching needs. Likewise, it is important for you to publish the OER you create, so that it is available to others (for further re-use or re-purposing), to sustain a virtuous cycle of receiving-giving (access->create->publish).   

Technology for creation and self-expression has become one of the defining features of the increased ICT availability of ICT in today's society.  OER allows for this creativity and expression; in fact, the power of OER is in its re-use by others, creating a rich learning environment. You benefit from OER, by being able to access a variety of resources for your various learning and teaching needs. Likewise, it is important for you to publish the OER you create, so that it is available to others (for further re-use or re-purposing), to sustain a virtuous cycle of receiving-giving ('''access->create->publish''').   

It is also important for you to access existing OER, revise them to make them more valuable (by improving their accuracy or comprehensiveness, by contextualising them, by translating them etc.), and publishing the revised OER. Such re-purposing and publishing will make it easier for others to get OER that they want (access->re-purpose->publish).   

It is also important for you to access existing OER, revise them to make them more valuable (by improving their accuracy or comprehensiveness, by contextualising them, by translating them etc.), and publishing the revised OER. Such re-purposing and publishing will make it easier for others to get OER that they want ('''access->re-purpose->publish''' or '''access->create->re-purpose->publish''').   

You have so far maintained your OER in your own computer in your personal digital library. This is accessible only to you. However if you publish your OER on the world wide web, it will be available to anyone, any time. Publishing content on-line is making available, a copy of your personal digital library on the the web, which is like a global digital library.  

You have so far maintained your OER in your own computer in your personal digital library. This is accessible only to you. However if you publish your OER on the world wide web, it will be available to anyone, any time. Publishing content on-line is making available, a copy of your personal digital library on the the web, which is like a global digital library.  

You can publish your content in one of two ways (or both):  

You can publish your content in one of two ways (or both):  

# Maintaining your own web space or blog and making available your resources 

# Contributing your creations to different OER repositories

# Maintaining your own web space or blog and making available your OER at a single location

=== Creating your own web space and publishing OER ===

=== Contributing your creation to existing repositories ===

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.

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. 

 

==== Publishing your text OER on text repository ====

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.   

We have uploaded our slide presentation on our [https://slideshare.net/GurumurthyKasinathan/learning-digital-story-telling SlideShare] account.  You too could create your account on [http://Slideshare.net SlideShare] and upload your slide presentation.  

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.

(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]).  

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.

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 web-page 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.

[https://www.oercommons.org/ OER commons] is another repository where you can join and create text OER, enriched with media; this site also allows you to build lessons and modules. As we saw earlier, 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).

[https://www.oercommons.org/ OER commons] is another repository where you can join and create text OER, enriched with media; this site also allows you to build lessons and modules. As we saw earlier, 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 and audio visual OER ====

==== Publishing your image and audio visual OER ====

One of the greatest advantages of digital technologies is the ability to create resources in multiple formats.  We also saw in the earlier chapters different repositories for images, audios and videos.  [https://commons.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia commons] is the largest repository of media OER of different kinds - images, audio clips and videos.  OER commons is another repository for sharing your creations.  Other options for image repositories include include [https://pixabay.com/ pixabay] and [https://www.flickr.com/ Flickr].  

One of the greatest advantages of digital technologies is the ability to create resources in multiple formats.  We also saw in the earlier chapters different repositories for images, audios and videos.  [https://commons.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia commons] is the largest repository of media OER of different kinds - images, audio clips and videos.  OER commons is another repository for sharing your creations.  Other options for image repositories include include [https://pixabay.com/ pixabay] and [https://www.flickr.com/ Flickr].  

Video OER can be uploaded on [https://www.youtube.com Youtube]. You  should ensure to select the Creative Commons license when you upload your video OER, to ensure that it is available freely to others.  [[wikipedia:Vimeo|Vimeo]] is another popular site for uploading OER videos.  

Video OER can be uploaded on [https://www.youtube.com Youtube]. You  should ensure to select the Creative Commons license when you upload your video OER, to ensure that it is available freely to others.  [[wikipedia:Vimeo|Vimeo]] is another popular site for uploading OER videos.  

[[File:COL_-_Specifying_CC_license_for_video_uploaded_on_Youtube.png|none|thumb|450x450px|Specifying CC license for video uploaded on Youtube]]

[[File:COL_-_Specifying_CC_license_for_video_uploaded_on_Youtube.png|none|thumb|450x450px|Specifying CC license for video uploaded on Youtube]]

==== List of publishing spaces by format of OER ====

==== List of publishing spaces by format of OER ====