This document discusses open education resources (OER) which are freely available educational materials that can be legally shared and adapted. OER are defined by their availability, technical format, and licensing which provides legal permission for sharing and reuse. Common OER licenses determine how others can use, remix, modify, and share the work. OER enable a culture of sharing knowledge through open licensing and their use in repositories, open textbooks, MOOCs, peer learning, and policies that support OER as the default approach to educational resources.
3. Layers of open
AVAILABILITY (freely available resources)
TECHNICAL (open formats)
LEGAL (the freedom to share
and adapt resources)
4. OER is “educational resources
(lesson plans, quizzes, syllabi,
instructional modules,
simulations, etc.) that are freely
available for use, reuse,
adaptation, and sharing”
- WikiEducator handbook
13. It is the legal infrastructure
that powers the world of
open
14. License Elements
Attribution – credit the author
Noncommercial – no
commercial use
No Derivative Works – no
remixing
Share Alike – remix only if
you let others remix
33. Thinking Hot by Lisandro Moises Enrique
available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/latente/2041435108/
under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence
Before you use
remember to:
• obey the licence
• attribute
• think about other
rights (privacy etc)
• use your common
sense
34. Thinking Hot by Lisandro Moises Enrique
available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/latente/2041435108/
under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence
Before you license,
think:
Who do you want to use the
material, and when?
Are you choosing the right
licence?
Do you have the rights to
license the material? Are
you using anyone else’s
material?
Are you sure? You can't
change your mind (or not
easily)
36. Repositories
●
collection of materials available for reuse
●
basic resource that fuels the oer ecosystem
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open licence permits reuse, collaboration,
adaptation
37. Open Textbooks
●
prefunded textbooks under open licences
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reduced costs for schools and students, flexible
formats and delivery, improves materials
●
open license allows teacher to update, localize,
customise
38. MOOCs
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online courses available for anyone in the
world to participate
●
makes learning available to anyone; increases
courses' reach, effectiveness, impact.
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open licence enables translation, & increases
reach, cutting down on license inquiries
39. Peer Learning
●
peer driven online courses, written by anyone for
anyone
●
democratizes learning, empowers individuals to
become teacher and student
●
open licensing fundamental to crowdsourcing
model
40. OER policies
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policies that make OER the default practice
●
from Governments to universities to
individual schools
●
see examples
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/
OER_Policy_Registry
Non-profit Founded in 2001 These academics became concerned that the default copyright laws that applied in most countries were restricting creativity in the digital environment by preventing people from being able to access, remix and distribute copyright material online Taking inspiration from the open source movement, they decided to develop a set of licences that creators could use to make their material more freely available without giving up their copyright They wanted to replace the standard “all rights reserved” model with a new, more flexible, “some rights reserved”
Non-profit Founded in 2001 These academics became concerned that the default copyright laws that applied in most countries were restricting creativity in the digital environment by preventing people from being able to access, remix and distribute copyright material online Taking inspiration from the open source movement, they decided to develop a set of licences that creators could use to make their material more freely available without giving up their copyright They wanted to replace the standard “all rights reserved” model with a new, more flexible, “some rights reserved”
Non-profit Founded in 2001 These academics became concerned that the default copyright laws that applied in most countries were restricting creativity in the digital environment by preventing people from being able to access, remix and distribute copyright material online Taking inspiration from the open source movement, they decided to develop a set of licences that creators could use to make their material more freely available without giving up their copyright They wanted to replace the standard “all rights reserved” model with a new, more flexible, “some rights reserved”
Non-profit Founded in 2001 These academics became concerned that the default copyright laws that applied in most countries were restricting creativity in the digital environment by preventing people from being able to access, remix and distribute copyright material online Taking inspiration from the open source movement, they decided to develop a set of licences that creators could use to make their material more freely available without giving up their copyright They wanted to replace the standard “all rights reserved” model with a new, more flexible, “some rights reserved”
The first CC licences were released in 2002 The central to each of the CC licences are the four licence elements – Attribution, noncommercial, no derivative and sharealike These represent restrictions that copyright owners may want to put on how people can use their material. As you can see, each of the elements has a symbol that can be used to ‘represent’ each of these elements this makes the licences easier understand – in theory, once a person is familiar with the CC licences, they should be able to recognise what uses are allowed simply by looking at the symbols
Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
although my experience working with the literary world, I sometimes suspect they think the world is more like this; FLAT!
although my experience working with the literary world, I sometimes suspect they think the world is more like this; FLAT!
although my experience working with the literary world, I sometimes suspect they think the world is more like this; FLAT!
although my experience working with the literary world, I sometimes suspect they think the world is more like this; FLAT!
In writing the licences, the main goal was to ensure that the licences are: Voluntary – contrary to some claims, CC isn’t anti-copyright. It just aims to provide options for those copyright owners who do want to make their material more freely available Flexible – unlike other parts of the open access movement, CC licences are specifically designed to provide a range of options for licensors, so that they can choose exactly how they want their material to be used Easy to understand – the academics designing the licences felt that one of the biggest problems with default copyright law is that its so hard for both copyright owners and users to understand. So the licences are specifically designed to be as simple as possible. And, of course, freely available for everyone to use
Creative Commons comes in. Hopefully you’ll remember from the last lecture I gave,