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How to Publish OERs

How to publish OER material you have created:

1. Make a rough plan of your OER content.
2. Identify what materials you wish you use.
3. Consult with your librarian to help identify additional materials.
4. Consult with your Scholarly Communications officer to make sure your rights to materials you wish to use.
5. Consult with your Scholarly Communications officer to decide on how to license your content.
6. Be sure to properly Cite & Attribute other licensed materials.
7. Prepare your OER materials.
8. Consult with CFE on the redesign of your course (in conjunction with utilizing OER materials).
9. Deposit your finished product in the CDR's UNC OER Collection and in the global OER Commons collection.

Licensing

Open education resources often have an intellectual property license attached that specifies how OERs can be used, reused, modified, and distributed. At the very least, licenses often require attribution to the OER creator when using the resource(s).

Creative Commons is the primary source for licensing OERs. To explore the types of licenses available, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/. Use the CreativeCommons License Chooser to determine what kind of license applies best to your OERs.

Cite & Attribute

Citations for OER materials depend on the type of material being referenced. Use UNC's Citation Builder tool to quickly create citations based on a resource's format. Consult the UNC University Libraries Citing Information tutorial for help with citations and citation styles.

Attribution refers to the crediting of work to the copyright holder and is a frequent requirement of OER licensed materials. Open Attribute is a tool that helps in producing attributions for CC-licensed work.