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Create 3 - Open Educational Resources

Create: In your blog post, create a definition of open educational resources.

 Answer: What are the various Creative Commons licenses one may encounter when searching for these resources?

OER consist of online content that is accessible to students, parents, researchers, and all sorts of other users around the globe. These open-access, free resources may include as little as an online textbook or learning object or as much as an entire course. They allow users across the world to reuse, remix, revise, and redistribute the content. This allows for global learning through the use of resources that are often much more current than a traditional textbook, as OER are more easily revised, adapted, and improved.

Any created content is automatically protected by copyright. The idea behind OER is to make online content and learning objects open for free use, remixing, and redistribution. But ultimately the rights to the content, document, or learning object are up to the creator.

Key terms in CC licenses include Attribution, Share Alike, No Derivative Works, Non-commercial. The most frequently used of these is Attribution. This license means that others can copy, remix, display, or distribute your work freely as long as their attribute the work to your name in the means you stipulate. The additional terms previously listed can be added to a attribution license to further control the way the work is used.

  • Share Alike - others can reuse, remix, and distribute your work (even for profit) but only with an identical license to the one you've chosen.
  • No Derivative Works - others can copy, distribute, or display your work (commercially or non-commercially) as long as it is a full and exact copy of your work.
  • Non-commercial - others can copy, remix, or redistribute your work so long as it's not for making a profit.
  • Any exceptions to these would require the owner's permission.
Making something "public domain" waives all rights.

Teachers are most likely to encounter (and use) works that are public domain, protected by attribution only, or perhaps protected by attribution and non-commercial. This is because education is such a collaborative profession that relies on educators working together, we are accustomed to sharing resources with others, either in full or for the purpose of "tweaking" and customizing it.

Knowing that these levels of protection exist, I have a new desire to review the original content and tools that I've created and add a few levels of protection to my work. While I would likely give all things an attribution license, some would certainly include non-commercial stipulations as well.
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