http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 06:18:24 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 06:18:24 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=255613 A self-paced and introductory tutorial about use of open educational resources as alternatives to textbooks for college teachers. Visitors are invited to actively participate by posting Activity Reflection entries to the course Discussion area. This tutorial has 9 Lessons organized into 3 Units: Background, OER Sources, and OER Use.  Topics covered include:OER Introduction OER Open Courseware OER Fair Use, Copyright, and TEACH Act OER Identifying Sources OER Discipline-Specific Sources OER Public Domain Textbook Sources OER Use of Primary Sources OER Development OER Delivery, Storage, and Organization