1. PAUL STACEY
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2. Develops, supports, & stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, & innovation.
Our vision is nothing less than realizing the full potential of the Internet – universal access to research,
education, & full participation in culture, driving a new era of development, growth, & productivity.
5. OER are teaching, learning, and research resources
that reside in the public domain or have been
released under an open license that permits their
free use and re-purposing by others.
Open educational resources include full courses and
supplemental resources such as textbooks, images,
videos, animations, simulations, assessments, …
Core Concept
OER are learning materials freely available under
a license that allows you to:
•Reuse
•Revise
•Remix
•Redistribute
13. Marking 3rd Party Content In A Collection
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking/Creators/Marking_third_party_content
http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/9/1/37
14. Find OER
http://search.creativecommons.org/
http://open4us.org/find-oer
15. Open Textbooks
• An openly-licensed textbook offered online
• Can read online, download, or print the book at no cost
(or small cost for print version)
Students spend roughly $900-$1,000 a year on texts.
16. http://www.studentpirgs.org/textbooks-reports/a-cover-to-cover-solution
• Savings - student, public, faculty
• Customize/Localize - use x% and
change or adapt to suit teaching need
and localized regional context
• Update - modify and continuously
update to ensure currency
• Learn from each other: - see
resources and examples from peers
and change/improve yours based on
what you see
http://www.studentpirgs.org/textbooks-reports/a-cover-to-cover-solution
17. Paul Stacey
Creative Commons Q&A
web site: http://creativecommons.org
e-mail: pstacey@creativecommons.org
blog: http://edtechfrontier.com
presentation slides: http://www.slideshare.net/Paul_Stacey