6. What is Creative Commons Creative Commons lets people share their work (photos, writing, etc.) with the world so that anyone can use and remix their creations under the licensing terms the authors provide. It is usually denoted with “Some Rights Reserved” as opposed to “All Rights Reserved .”
7. License Conditions Attribution (BY), requiring attribution to the original author; Share Alike (SA), allowing derivative works under the same or a similar license (later or jurisdiction version); Non-Commercial (NC), requiring the work is not used for commercial purposes; and No Derivative Works (ND), allowing only the original work, without derivatives. There are four major conditions of the Creative Commons:
16. Content is infrastructure “ We must deploy a sufficient amount of content, on a sufficient number of topics, at a sufficient level of quality, available at sufficiently low cost before we can expect large scale educational experimentation and innovation”. David Wiley, 2007
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18. OERs and the Future of Higher Education Higher Education OERs Learning Communities Learners’ Support Credit on Demand
The term “Open Educational Resources” (OER) was coined at a 2002 UNESCO conference, and refers to the rapidly growing phenomenon of sharing educational resources freely online. Projects have and being developed in several American institutions, and in almost 30 countries. These “open resources” can be accessed by the wide educational community of teachers and students in all contexts, which has the potential to radically expand access to education, but raises many questions. How can pedagogical models and online communities support this kind of learning? Are there ways of providing accreditation for new forms of informal learning? Join us as we give an overview of the field of open education, and participate in the discussion about this new dimension that will impact Canadian higher education in coming years. We will discuss new opportunities for U of T courses, including the challenge of locating high quality, relevant materials for courses (both online and face-to-face) and of integrating these materials in order to enhance student learning. We will discuss the implications of open education for university educators and researchers, as well as other communities of learners such as those in developing nations or those who wish to organize their own program of study.
License Conditions Creators choose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their work. Attribution by You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request. Share Alike sa You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work. Non-Commercial nc You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only. No Derivative Works nd You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. License Conditions Creators choose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their work. Attribution by You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request. Share Alike sa You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work. Non-Commercial nc You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only. No Derivative Works nd You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
License Conditions Creators choose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their work. Attribution by You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request. Share Alike sa You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work. Non-Commercial nc You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only. No Derivative Works nd You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. License Conditions Creators choose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their work. Attribution by You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request. Share Alike sa You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work. Non-Commercial nc You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only. No Derivative Works nd You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
In the case of roads, we can see people establishing a variety of transportation services (taxis, shuttles), delivery services (food, packages), support services (towing, tire repair), and other services. In the case of content, when there is a sufficient amount of open educational content on a sufficient number of topics at sufficient quality, we can also expect to see experimentation and innovation in localization services (translation, low-bandwidth delivery), accreditation services (degrees, certificates), and support services (tutors, study group locators).
In the case of roads, we can see people establishing a variety of transportation services (taxis, shuttles), delivery services (food, packages), support services (towing, tire repair), and other services. In the case of content, when there is a sufficient amount of open educational content on a sufficient number of topics at sufficient quality, we can also expect to see experimentation and innovation in localization services (translation, low-bandwidth delivery), accreditation services (degrees, certificates), and support services (tutors, study group locators). The OpenCourseWares, the Connexions, the GLOBEs, and all the other repositories of open educational resources in the world are critical infrastructure. As such, they are necessary conditions for revolutionizing education. The revolution can not happen without them. However, open content itself is by no means a sufficient condition for the revolution to succeed. So much more is needed! The list above includes only a handful of what needs to be worked on (localization, translation, low-bandwidth delivery, accreditation, degrees, certificates, support, tutors, study group locators).