Creating

List of Tools and Resources for Creating Open Educational Resources

Compendium

compendium.open.ac.uk

Compendium is a software tool for mapping information, ideas and arguments. An adaptation of this tool is also used for mapping learning design – see Compendium LD

ccMixter

ccmixter.org

This is a community music site which features remixes licensed under Creative Commons. You can sample, mash-up, and use it as a backing track on things like SlideShare.

There is an interview with Victor Stone, the creator of ccMixter on the OLnet site (olnet.org/node/70). Thanks to Karen Cropper (OLnet for this info).

Cohere

Cohere is described as a visual tool ‘to create, connect and share Ideas. Back them up with websites. Support or challenge them. Embed them to spread virally. Discover who - literally - connects with your thinking.’ It was developed at the OU following experience using Compendium.

Creative Commons

creativecommons.org

With a Creative Commons license, you keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit — and only on the conditions you specify.

JISC Digital Media

www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk

JISC Digital Media exists to help the UK's FE and HE communities embrace and maximise the use of digital media - and to achieve solutions that are, innovative, practical and cost effective.