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As teachers, you would no doubt appreciate the effectiveness of an audio visual communication. The audio visual format allows expression by people and this is useful for those who may have an inhibition in expressing themselves in written forms. How liberating it might be for a student struggling with the letters to be able to express a piece of creativity with an audio recording. Other than as forms of expression, an audio visual communication can be an effective form of digital story telling and creating community stories around people, events and institutions.  With devices like mobiles and sound recorders, creating audio and even video files is becoming easier and more common. Getting familiar with different FOSS tools for creating, re-purposing and publishing audio and video OER can be very useful. In this chapter, you will learn how to create and re-purpose audio and video OER. You will learn

As teachers, you would no doubt appreciate the effectiveness of an audio visual communication. The audio visual format allows expression by people and this is useful for those who may have an inhibition in expressing themselves in written forms. How liberating it might be for a student struggling with the letters to be able to express a piece of creativity with an audio recording! Other than as forms of expression, an audio visual communication can be an effective form of digital story telling and creating community stories around people, events and institutions.  With devices like mobiles and sound recorders, creating audio and even video files is becoming easier and more common. Getting familiar with different FOSS tools for creating, re-purposing and publishing audio and video OER can be very useful. In this chapter, you will learn how to create and re-purpose audio and video OER. You will learn

# about popular repositories for accessing audio and video OER

# about popular repositories for accessing audio and video OER

# how to create audio resources using your audio recorder (in your mobile phone)

# how to create audio resources using your audio recorder (in your mobile phone)