List of repositories with Open Education Resources useful in VET context

List of repositories with Open Education Resources useful in VET context

• Curriki http://www.curriki.org/welcome/resources-curricula/ - online curricula, syllabus, lessons scenario mainly for secondary school. For VET content search in: Career and Technical Education and Health;
• Open Course Library: http://opencourselibrary.org/;
• College Open Textbooks: http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/opentextbookcontent/open-textbooks-by-subject;
• Wikieducator - Technical and Vocational Education: http://wikieducator.org/Content#Technical_and_vocational_education;
• Professional Education, Testing and Certification Organization International (PEOI) - http://www.peoi.org/Courses/Coursesen/coursesframe.html - educational materials for VET subjects;
• OpenScout  (http://learn.openscout.net/)- skill-based search of open content for training management specialists;
• Wikipedia - free online encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org (available in most languages);
• Jamendo  (http://www.jamendo.com/) – music (selected materials under the Creative Commons licence).

Search engines for Open Educational Resources

• Creative Commons Search - multisearch engine (http://search.creativecommons.org/). It allows for searching resources from Google, Google Graphics, Flickr, Europena,  Jamendo, Wikimedia Commons and a few others. After picking up services you would like to search in, you have an option to  ‘use for commercial purposes’ and ’modify, adapt, or build upon’.
• Google – advanced search (field: user’s rights) https://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search?q=OER&biw=1280&bih=611&hl=en
• Flickr http://www.flickr.com/  - repository of photos uploaded by user. Over 200 mln photos on Creative Commons.  In advanced search you can decide to search only for photos published on different Creative Commons licenses (“Find content to use commercially” or  “Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon").
• YouTube http://youtube.com - video repository. Here you can find tutorials, recordings of lessons, labs, etc. Most content is available on standard YouTube licence (copyrighted), however in advanced search YouTube offers a possibility to search for content under Creative Commons Attribution licence.
• Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/ video repository. Allows for adding video content on every Creative Commons licence.

Services for sharing online resources

Sharing content in these services requires creating account and being logged in.

• Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ - repository of photos uploaded by user. You can publish photos on every CC licence.
• YouTube http://youtube.com - video repository. Allows for sharing on CC BY or standard YouTube licence.
• Vimeo https://vimeo.com/ - for adding video content on every Creative Commons licence.
• Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ - for sharing presentations on Creative Commons licence.
• Scribd http://scribd.com/ - for sharing documents in PDF, DOC and Open Office on Creative Commons licence.
• Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/ - for sharing audio resources  on Creative Commons licence.