Changes

====Searching the web for OER====

====Searching the web for OER====

In addition to accessing on the Wikipedia, you could also use a search engine to access information can use a search engine such as Google search engine or DuckDuckGo search engine. You could look for information by simply typing in Digital Story Telling in the search bar of the search engine; shown below are examples of how a search for "Digital Story Telling" would look like.

In addition to accessing OER on Wikipedia, you could also use a search engine such as Google search engine or DuckDuckGo search engine to access information. You could look for information by simply typing in Digital Story Telling in the search bar of the search engine; shown below are examples of how a search for "Digital Story Telling" would look like.

{|

{|

![[File:COL_-_Google_Search_-_Adavance_Search_for_OER_1.png|thumb|450x450px|DST using  Google search engine]]

![[File:COL_-_Google_Search_-_Adavance_Search_for_OER_1.png|thumb|450x450px|DST using  Google search engine]]

![[File:COL_-_Searching_DST_using_DuckDuckGo_search_engine.png|thumb|450x450px|DST using  DuckDuckGo search engine|none]]

![[File:COL_-_Searching_DST_using_DuckDuckGo_search_engine.png|thumb|450x450px|DST using  DuckDuckGo search engine|none]]

|}

|}

The search engine will retrieve web pages for your topic that are both OER and non OER and it is important to specify OER in your search criteria.

The search engine will retrieve web pages for your topic that are both OER and non OER and you need to check each result you want to use, if it is OER.

When you visit any site returned by the search results,  you need to look for copyright information to ascertain that the resource is OER and you can re-use it. If the resource is not explicitly declared to be an OER (allowing you to re-use), you should not use it in making your OER.

When you visit any site returned by the search results,  you need to look for copyright information to ascertain that the resource is OER and you can re-use it. If the resource is not explicitly declared to be an OER (allowing you to re-use), you should not use it in making your OER.