H. Md. AZIMI RESEARCH SCHOLAR

UNIVERSITY OF MYSOREDEPARTMENT OF STUDIES IN EDUCATION

MANASAGANGOTRI, MYSORE

Creative Commons licenses in Open Educational Resources (OERs)

2Sep, 27-28, 2013

What is an

OER?

Beginning…

The term was first used at a UNESCO conference in

2002, although OERs were being produced and

used before that time. For instance, the MITMIT Open

Course Ware project, which began in 20012001, was

one of the first major initiatives

of the OER movement.

2002: UNESCO

OERs are teaching, learning and research materials in any

medium that reside in the public domain and have been

released under an open license that permits access, use,

repurposing, reuse and redistribution by others with no or

limited restrictions.

(Atkins, Brown & Hammond, 2007)

What are…

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL)The Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

Open Educational Resources (OER) are

‘materials offered freely and openly to use

and adapt for teaching, learning,

development and research’. http://www.col.org/resources/crsMaterials/Pages/OCW-OER.aspx

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OERs can includeOERs can include…… Full courses/programmes,

Course materials,

Modules,

Student guides,

Teaching notes,

Textbooks,

Research articles,

Videos,

Software,

Role plays,

Databases,

Assessment tools and instruments,

Interactive materials (simulations)

Apps (including mobile apps) and

any other educationally useful

materials.

2001 MIT announced its Open Course Ware initiative

to nearly every university course for free publish public access for non commercial use.

MIT Open Course Ware has played many roles in the history of OER, including being an example of commitment at an institutional level, working actively to encourage similar projects, and lending the MIT brand to the movement.

2006 October: Open Learn of UKOU

Open Educational Resources

OERs are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside

in the public domain or have been released under an

intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.

- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

In 2001 Larry Lessig and others founded the Creative Commons

and released a flexible set of licenses

that were both a vast improvement on the Open Publication

Licenses™ confusing license option structure and significantly

stronger legal documents.

• One role of Creative Commons in the history of OER is

the increase in credibility and confidence their legally

superior, much easier to use licenses brought to the open

content community.

All

without

asking Permission

Because

Permission

has been already Granted

Creative Commons conditionsCondition Explanation

Attribution (BY)

All CC licences require that others who use your work in any way must attribute it – i.e. must reference the work, giving you credit for it – the way you request, but not in a way that suggests you endorse them or their use of the work.

Non-Commercial (NC)

You let others copy, distribute, display, perform and (unless you have chosen No Derivatives) modify and use your work for any purpose other than commercially.

No Derivative works (ND)

You let others copy, distribute, display and perform only original copies of your work.

Share Alike (SA)

You let others copy, distribute, display, perform and modify your work, as long as they distribute any modified work on the same terms.

Summary - Open licences

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