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= Open Education Community Response to COVID-19: Resource sharing and support =

List of open educational resources (OER) shared in response to COVID-19


 * Commonwealth of Learning Keeping the doors of learning open is a curated list of resources for policymakers, school and college administrators, teachers, parents and learners that will assist with student learning during the closure of educational institutions. Most of these are available as OER.
 * Community Contributed Open Educational Resources for Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Era The open education community co-created this spreadsheet of resources. There are multiple tabs on the spreadsheet providing links to: K-12 (primary / secondary) resources, OER repositories, OER toolkits, student support, online teaching, and more. It’s an open document—please contribute additional resources.
 * OERu online courses. To build capacity in the design and development of OER-enabled online learning, the OERu offers two facilitated online courses including free access to a competency certification in Copyright and Creative Commons licensing. These courses will provide skills for participants wanting to design and publish their own online courses using the OERu’s open source, component-based digital learning environment.
 * Teaching and Learning Online SkillsCommons and MERLOT created a free online resource page in response to COVID-19. This page helps teachers and students prepare to start teaching and learning online.
 * The University of Arizona University Libraries created a "Library Support for Shifting to Online Teaching" page and a Free-to-Use Course Materials webinar.
 * WirLernenOnline An online platform to find learning material for digital lessons in primary school, secondary school, upper secondary and vocational education. A short description of the project can be found here.

List of open education community responses to COVID-19


 * Creative Commons Response to COVID-19 Creative Commons promotes and facilitates open access initiatives and provide free community resources.
 * The Global Education Coalition The coalition was launched by UNESCO and seeks to facilitate inclusive learning opportunities for children and youth during this period of sudden and unprecedented educational disruption.
 * Higher Education Guidance During COVID-19: Teaching, Learning & Student Support This open document was created to be a hub of the many resources, ideas, information, and suggestions for Higher Education colleagues as they plan to move teaching, learning, and student support services online, as institutions shut down due to COVID-19.
 * OER4Covid Responding to the international COVID-19 pandemic, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the OER Foundation (OERF) in New Zealand, which coordinates the OERu, have joined forces to establish an Open Educational Resources for Covid (OER4Covid) community. The goal is to assist educational institutions around the world to transition to online learning.
 * OER Support Group for Educators During COVID-19
 * Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research
 * Translate a Story is a collaboration among the Norwegian Government, UNESCO, UNHCR, ADEA, The Global Book Alliance, Verizon, The Global Digital Library, Pratham Books’ StoryWeaver, The Asia Foundation’s Let’s Read initiative, African Storybook, Learning Equality and Creative Commons, which sets up sprints to help learning supporters of all types translate children’s reading books into new languages. Translate a Story notes, "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 1.5 billion children and youth are out of school. Many lack access to reading materials in a language they understand."
 * UNESCO Call to Support Learning and Knowledge Sharing through Open Educational Resources
 * Wikimedia Education Response to COVID-19 Pandemic