Managing Creative Commons Licenses in an Open Educational Resources Web Application: Edu-AREA
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The document discusses the importance of Creative Commons licenses in the context of the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement, emphasizing the need for a standardized framework for copyright management. It highlights various OER platforms and addresses compatibility issues when remixing works with different licenses. The report underscores the potential of digital resources to enhance global educational access, while also recognizing the challenges posed by restrictive copyright laws.
Managing Creative Commons Licenses in an Open Educational Resources Web Application: Edu-AREA
- 1. Edu-AREA Managing Creative Commons Licenses in an Open Educational Resources Web Application: Edu-AREA 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
- 3. Edu-AREA 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. Edu-AREA
- 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. Edu-AREA “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 Edu-AREA
- 7. CREATIVE COMMONS Adapter’s License Compatibility Chart Used when remixing or modifying a work. The final work is considered an adaptation. Edu-AREA “Frequently Asked Questions” — Creative Commons
- 8. CREATIVE COMMONS License Compatibility Chart When Combining Two Works Edu-AREA “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. Edu-AREA “Frequently Asked Questions” — Creative Commons
- 10. OER PLATFORMS OER Commons MERLOT OpenStax (Connexions) Edu-AREA
- 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 Edu-AREA
- 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 Edu-AREA
- 13. THE OER MOVEMENT
- 14. Edu-AREA Thanks for your attention!