Research: Locate one online image designated as an open educational resource. Locate one online text object designated as an open educational resource. Locate one online video designated as an open educational resource. Artifact: Post the three objects (including links) to the resources located above and give proper citations. The topic of study I have selected for this segment in the tool is a recent unit on Evolution. I searched for OER resources on natural selection, a subtopic in the unit. Here's what I found: ONLINE IMAGE: By OrientationEB [ CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons ONLINE TEXT OBJECT: I found this textbook chapter as an example of an online text object about natural selection. It is actually part of a larger course, Biology for Majors II , an OER course by Lumen Learning. Biology.  Provided by : OpenStax CNX.   Located at :   http://cnx.org/contents/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8 .   License :   CC BY: Attribution . ...

Answer: How might an online or blended classroom teacher use Fair Use when gathering resources for educational purposes? What observations have you made about Fair Use and the TEACH Act and how has it changed your approach to finding reliable content for your students? Creating original content for a traditional classroom is certainly time consuming. Creating digital content  that addresses the needs of learners in a blended or totally online environment: even more difficult. Like teachers in the traditional classroom, online teachers may utilize content or resources that they find online. Unless these resources are public domain or have a CC license with few restrictions, teachers must consider whether Fair Use would apply before sharing the content or implementing the resource. The requirements for Fair Use deal with 1. The purpose and character of the use 2. The nature of the work 3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the work as a whole 4. ...

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 ter...