-Brief introduction to OERs and CC licenses. -Management of CC licenses in Edu-AREA -License compatibilty

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Managing Creative Commons Licenses in an
Open Educational Resources Web Application:
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Managing Creative Commons Licenses in an
Open Educational Resources Web Application:
Edu-AREA by Raquel Míguez Vázquez is
licensed under a Creative Commons
Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional License

2. Edu-AREA
CONTENTS
 Current Context and OER Movement
 Importance of Creative Commons Licenses in OERs
 OER Platforms
 Managing Creative Commons Licenses in Edu-AREA
“Open Educational Resources” by Ron Mader used under CC-BY 2.0. / Resized
from original

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CURRENT CONTEXT AND OER
MOVEMENT
Growing use of digital resources
Growing number of OER platforms
Opportunities for cooperation and
collaboration between institutions around
the world
Issues relating to intellectual
property rights
Open Educational Resources Logic Model (Reschke, n.d.)

4. Universal access to education is possible, but its potential is hindered by increasingly
restrictive copyright laws and incompatible technologies.
CURRENT CONTEXT AND OER
MOVEMENT
The need of a simple and standardised framework which allows
creators to maintain their copyright and still authorise certain uses
of their works.
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5. CREATIVE COMMONS
CC is the most widespread Open Content licensing model. It can be
considered de facto as the standard for Open Content licensing.
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“State of the Commons” — Creative Commons

6. CREATIVE COMMONS
 Individually, CC licenses are rather easy to
understand, but what happens when you remix
or combine resources with different licenses?
You may encounter licensing problems
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7. CREATIVE COMMONS
Adapter’s License Compatibility Chart
Used when remixing or
modifying a work. The final
work is considered an
adaptation.
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“Frequently Asked Questions” — Creative Commons

8. CREATIVE COMMONS
License Compatibility Chart When Combining Two Works
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“Frequently Asked Questions” — Creative Commons
Created by Kennisland published under a CC0 license

9. CREATIVE COMMONS
License Compatibility Chart When Adding Works to a Collection
In a collection, e.g. an anthology or a
catalogue, a number of works are simply put
together for publishing. The different
contents stand alone as separate and
distinguishable works, hence it is not
considered an adaptation.
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“Frequently Asked Questions” — Creative Commons

10. OER PLATFORMS
 OER Commons
 MERLOT
 OpenStax (Connexions)
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11. OER PLATFORMS
OER Platform URL Launch
Year
Licenses that are
managed
Special Features
OER Commons https://www.oercommons.org 2007 -Creative Commons
-Public Domain
-GNU FDL
-Custom License
-Full university courses
and lesson pans
-Electronic textbooks
-Users can create and
upload OERs
MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm 1997 -Creative Commons
-Unlicensed material
-Free and open repository
of online resources.
-Users can create
instructional websites
with HTML content that
can include various types
of media
OpenStax http://cnx.org/ 1999 -All content is licensed
under a Creative Commons
CC-BY license
-Global repository of
educational content in
many disciplines.
-Lesson plans are out of
scope
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12. License Management in Edu-AREA
 Creative Commons Licenses
 Compatibility mechanism that helps users
license their derivative works and collections in a
correct way
 Includes attribution for material from which a
user has created a derivative work
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13. THE OER MOVEMENT

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Thanks for your attention!

15. Appendix: OER Commons
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16. Appendix: MERLOT
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17. Appendix: OpenStax (Connexions)
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