Open Educational Resources (OER) – (WP1 IO2)

This is a non-exhaustive list of repositories that can be used to find OER (open educational resources) materials for task design in the DIGITASK web app. 

Repositories for OER materialsLanguage learning component? yes/no/indirectly etc.Types of materials available   text/audio/image/videoAppropriacy for DIGITASK*NOTE
https://www.oercommons.org/indirectlyAll typespartly
https://search.creativecommons.org/ CC searchYesImagesyes, can even be filtered for different types of cc-licences 
https://www.nextvista.org/videos/Yes, Englishvideosyes 
https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/ COERLL | The Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (utexas.edu)Yes, multilingual resourcesa number of sub-sources / links to other OERs  all types of mediaPartly with permalinks and partly primary resources 
https://www.oerbw.de/edu-sharing/components/search?viewType=1 ZOERR (oerbw.de)Indirectly, mainly for content learning purposes (e.g. science) but may be used for CLIL   Majority of resources are in GermanVideosYesUser interface is in German
https://audio-lingua.eu/?lang=fr Audiolingua mp3Yes, multilingual soundbank (French, English, German, Italian, Spanish….)audioYes 
https://cmaj.coerll.utexas.edu/home/  Les conversations mises à jourYes, Frenchvideo-recorded conversations in French on three topics (l’amitié, la vie de couple, les études)yes 
https://ed.ted.com/YesvideoPartly. Generally, TEDEd videos are licenced under CC BY — NC — ND 4.0 International. Individual videos may, however, underlie different licences (e.g. Youtube-embedded videos). 
https://www.youtube.com/YesvideoPartly. YouTube-search can be filtered for cc licences. 
https://svgsilh.com/795548/YesImages (in particular icons)Yes, entirely CC0 
http://monde.ccdmd.qc.ca/ World of imagesYes, mainly for FrenchImages & videosyesUser interface is in French
https://bilderhamster.de/jalbum/YesImagesyesUser interface in German
https://bilder.tibs.at/YesImagesyesUser interface is in German
https://oer.uclouvain.be/jspui/;jsessionid=96BBE099F8956B3C9E4D23EB147D5587Yes, but mainly at an academic levelMainly videos and textsyesUser interface is in English, but many resources are in French
https://www.wisc-online.com/YesMainly videosyes 
https://teachbcdb.bctf.ca/Yes, in particular for French as a FL and Englishall typesyes 
http://laits.utexas.edu/lescant/   LESCANTYes, in particular for intercultural learningimagesyes 
https://zenodo.org/record/4895219Yes, for sociopragmatic learningtext corpus (WhatsApp messages, e-mails etc.)partlythe permalink is given for the corpus as a whole 
https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/ra/index.phpYes, for Italian as a FLaudio (podcasts) (& texts)yes (podcasts)the links to the text resources  do not seem to work (and might not be under cc licence)
http://recursostic.educacion.es/bancoimagenes/web/Yesall types user interface is in Spanish
https://oead.at/de/nach-oesterreich/alumni/audiolab/Yes, for German as a FLaudio (podcasts) CC BY-NC 3.0 AT is attributed to the audiolab podcasts only; other resources on the website underlie copyright laws
https://www.4freephotos.com/ger/index.phpYesimagesyesuser interface is in German, but search function can be used in English
https://snappygoat.com/YesImagesyes, but please check/filter for CC0 licences, as there are also some commercial pictures provided in ads 
https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htmYes, but mainly at an academic levelAudio (podcast), text, video (e.g. lectures)Partly. Some resources, such as the Radio Chalk podcast may be used as primary resource; other materials are part of a course module / longer teaching and learning cycle. 
https://libretexts.org/YesTexts, textbooksPartly. There are many links to entire text books, which are less appropriate for Digitask. 
https://www.risorsedidattiche.net/Yesall typesPartly. The website is under CC-by licence, but some of the links lead to resources that underly copyright laws.User interface in Italian
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htmYesall typesPartly. Provides information on licences, but not all resources are under cc licence. 
https://www.europeana.eu/enYestexts (blogposts), imagesPartly. Information on cc licence is provided, but homepage asks users to provide metadata on the works they use. 
https://freesound.org/Indirectlyaudio (soundbank)Partly. The cc licences are providedregistration required to download
https://ndla.no/yes, English and Germanall typesyes, different cc licences are indicatedthe user interface is in Norwegian, but there are many resources in English and French
https://medienportal.siemens-stiftung.org/en/homeyes, English, German and Spanishtext, imagesyesregistration required to  use all features
https://openclipart.org/ yesimages (cliparts)yes 
https://oldsearch.creativecommons.org/yes (search engine for cc resources)all typesyesold version of the cc-search engine that also filters for media types other than pictures
https://oasis.geneseo.edu/ YesAll types Partly, all the materials from different genres are directed to the original sources
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page YesAll typesYes
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks IndirectlyTextbooksIndirectly, the textbooks can be used for creating reading materials.
https://open.bccampus.ca/ YesTexts and textbooksYes
https://edsitement.neh.gov/ YesTexts and VideosYes, the videos and comprehension questions about the videos can be integrated into different task procedures. 
https://goopenva.org/ IndirectlyTexts, activities, booksYes
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ YesDifferent types of resourcesYesSome of the resources are cc licensed and some of them are not. 
https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/ IndirectlyTexts and textbooksIndirectly, the textbooks can be used for creating reading materialsWorks are licensed under different CC licences.
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/ YesAudio and textbooksYes
https://www.ted.com/ YesVideos, podcastsYes
https://openphoto.net/ IndirectlyImagesYesVarious CC licenses
https://nobaproject.com/ IndirectlyTextbooksIndirectly, the textbooks can be used for creating reading materials
https://www.openbookpublishers.com/ YesTextbooksYes
https://openlibra.com Yes (books for language learning) + texts in some books can be used to design materialsTextbooks.Yes
https://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/ They can be used in material design.ImagesYes
http://ccmixter.org/ Maybe indirectlyAudio (original work submitted by members)Yes. Songs can be integrated into tasks.Registration required. Licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 
https://unsplash.com/ IndirectlyimagesYes.Not licensed under cc but All photos can be downloaded and free (for commercial & NC purposes) 
https://www.flickr.com/ IndirectlyImages and videosYesRegistration required. Different cc licences for different works (the owner of the work decides)  
https://openstax.org/ YesTextbooksYesRegistration required. Textbooks are licensed under CC BY 4.0
https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/Yes, indirectlyTextbooksYesRegistration required for upload. Licensed under CC BY NC SA

*If the OER materials in the repositories are accessible with a permalink, they are deemed appropriate for the DIGITASK web app.

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