This toolkit is a step-by-step guide for Language education to equip language learning instructors and trainers with the skills they need to find, evaluate, use, reuse, create and share Open Educational Resources (OERs). It has been developed based on the findings of an extensive review on OERs as well as on the Quality Framework for Language OERs.
This e-toolkit has a concrete structure combining theory to practice and it has been broken up into six sections covering important aspects of working with OERs like:
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Definitions of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Open Educational Practices (OEPs)
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Characteristics, categories, benefits, and challenges of using OERs
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Copyright licenses and information
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Where and how to find OERs and OEPs
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How to create OER (basic authoring tools for the creation of OERs, language OERs databases)
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Specific examples of OERs and OEPs in Language education
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Useful tips for the creation and sharing of language OERs
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Learning objectives and self-evaluation assessment are both included in each section.
