Creative Commons and OER in 30 minutes © Anita Walz. Unless otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Anyone may modify and redistribute this presentation with attribution. Required attribution: This presentation is adapted from © Anita Walz’s CC BY 4.0 licensed presentation “Creative Commons and OER in 30 minutes” available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78393 Public domain image: https://pixabay.com/en/tree-elm-elm-tree-leaf-green-1484370/ Creative Commons licenses can help you to: - Create & more broadly share your original works - Legally (and easily) incorporate CC-licensed works authored by others in your own work Added bonuses: Using CC-licenses may: - Extend your impact, audience and the reach of your work - Start (and build on) a virtuous cycle of sharing - Save money for your students and other readers Discussion: Have you heard of OER or CC-licenses? Not all CC-licenses allow derivatives These licenses (ND) are not “open licenses” as they do not allow derivatives. Read more here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses OER definition: http://www.hewlett.org/strategy/open-educational-resources/ No known copyright Donated to the public domain (and marked as such) Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License (CC BY SA) Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commerical License (CC BY NC) Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike (CC BY NC SA) What can I do with OER? Retain - Make, own, and control copies of the content (store, manage, download, duplicate) Reuse - Use the content in various ways (in class, study group, extension, journal article, on the radio, in a video, website etc.) Revise - Adapt, modify, alter the content (reformat or translate) Remix - Combine revised or original content with other materials to create something new (i.e. mashup) Redistribute - Share copies of original content, revised content, or remixes with others Source: This material is based on original writing by David Wiley, which was published freely under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license at http://opencontent.org/definition Questions? Best practices for creating & sharing OER Evaluate License Mark ELMS Share © Anita Walz. Unless otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Anyone may modify and redistribute this presentation with attribution. Required attribution: This presentation is adapted from © Anita Walz’s CC BY 4.0 licensed presentation “Creative Commons and OER in 30 minutes” available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78393 Public domain image: https://pixabay.com/en/tree-elm-elm-tree-leaf-green-1484370/ Evaluate - Did I create (and still own) all of the content in the item? - If not, do I have permission for my use of third party content? - CC-licensed content - requires attribution - Public domain content (pre-1923, © expired, or U.S. Government content*) - Written permission from the author for your use - Fair use (not recommended if you plan to “share with the world”) * Public Domain in the U.S. Works of a U.S. Government employee within the scope of their official duties ELMS What is the Public Domain? http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome License Example: © MyName, Publication Year. Unless otherwise noted, licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 ELMS Marking CC licensed works to be Machine Readable: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Marking_Works_Technical Mark Mark 3rd party content within the document Permission granted by: - Creative Commons license - Public domain (not in copyright) - Author-granted permission (preferably in writing) - Fair Use (not recommended for CC-licensed works shared with the world) ELMS Creative Commons example Creative Commons example Attribution is always required when using CC- licensed materials. © David Lenker Strawberry CC BY 2.0 ELMS Best practice for attributing CC-licensed materials: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution Creative Commons example © David Lenker Strawberry CC BY 2.0 Attribution is always required when using CC- licensed materials. © David Lenker Strawberry CC BY 2.0 Source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ELMS Best practice for attributing CC-licensed materials: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution Public domain example Citations are good scholarly practice. Attribution of public domain works is not legally required. Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes (1719). Retrieved from: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/images-from-the-earliest- known-colour-book-on-fish-1754 [Public domain] ELMS About the Public Domain: http://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/PD More info on finding Public Domain works: http://publicdomainreview.org/guide-to-finding-interesting-public-domain-works-online/ Author permission example The permission granter may require a particular statement. Citation is good scholarly practice. ELMS Mark Mark 3rd party content within the document - Creative Commons Example: © David Lenker Strawberry CC BY 2.0 - Public Domain Example: Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes (1719). Retrieved from: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/images-from-the-earliest-known-colour-book-on- fish-1754 [Public domain] - Permission Example: © Mark Perry All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission ELMS Share Share in your usual places: - In print - On your website Share to avoid eventual broken links and so that others can find your work: - VTechWorks (VT’s instituional repository) https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu (Google crawls) - Disciplinary repositories (contact your professional society) - Open repositories: OERCommons http://www.oercommons.org MERLOT https://www.merlot.org Open Textbook Library https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/Submit.aspx - More platforms for creating and sharing: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76739 Tell people about your work: - Social media channels: Twitter, Facebook, Listservs - University communication channels & news services - Tell your colleagues: Face to face ELMS Best practices for creating & sharing OER Evaluate License Mark ELMS Share Public domain images: https://pixabay.com/en/tree-elm-elm-tree-leaf-green-1484370/ Finding OER, Creative Commons & Public Domain Resources Google Advanced Search (“Usage Rights” filter) Images, music, media & video: https://search.creativecommons.org Open (OER) Textbooks: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks Interactive Simulations: https://phet.colorado.edu And more: http://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer Services offered by the University Libraries - Consultations & Referrals: Where do I start? Who can help me? - Copyright, Creative Commons/Open Licensing consultations - Assistance locating & adapting openly licensed content - VTechWorks Institutional Repository - Open Textbook Publishing - Hosting of Open Journals and Open Conference Proceeding - Open Education Initiative Faculty Grants for development of openly licensed learning resources - https://researchinformatics.lib.vt.edu/oeig16-17 © Anita Walz. This presentation is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Anyone may modify and redistribute this presentation with attribution. Required attribution: This presentation is adapted from © Anita Walz’s CC BY 4.0 licensed presentation “Creative Commons and OER in 30 minutes” available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78393 Thank you and discussion
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