CC BY license implementation deep dive (OPEN Kick-off)

CC BY License Implementation DeepDive / Finding existing OER for your project

Overview• CC BY license requirement• The Metadata• Publishing on external platforms• Marking on your website• Finding existing OER• The Open Course Library

1. TAACCCT Round One SGA2. Amendment Three3. Copyrighted materials clarification

SGA"All digital assets must be licensed for free,attributed public use and distribution (asdescribed in Section IV.B.4).”http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/applicantinfo.cfm

Amendment Three, Section IV.B.4“…as a condition of the receipt of a TradeAdjustment Assistance Community College andCareer Training Grant (“Grant”), the Grantee willbe required to license to the public (not includingthe Federal Government) all work created with thesupport of the grant (“Work”) under a CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0 License (“License”).”http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/applicantinfo.cfm

Copyrighted materials clarification“Only work that is developed by the grantee withgrant funds is required to be licensed under theCreative Commons license. Pre-existingcopyrighted materials licensed or purchased bythe grantee are subject to the intellectualproperty rights the grantee receives under theterms of the particular license or purchase.”http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/Announcements.cfm

Overview CC BY license requirement• The Metadata

Why CC BY?8

1 My Photo by <a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName" href="http://joi.ito.com/my_photo">Joi Ito</a>Machine is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://cReadable reativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License</a>.Metadata Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at <a rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://ozmo.com/revenue_sharing_ agreement">OZMO</a>.

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<a rel="license"href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="CreativeCommons License" style="border-width:0"src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a> Thiswork is licensed under a <a rel="license"href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative CommonsAttribution 3.0 Unported License</a>.v_______________________________________________________________This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0Unported License.

Search & Discovery

http://search.creativecommons.org

Overview CC BY license requirement The Metadata• Publishing on external platforms

Major communities by media type• Images• Audio• Video• Texthttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/Publish

Video platforms• Vimeo• YouTube• Internet Archive• Wikimedia Commonshttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/Publish/Video

OER-specific platformhttp://cnx.org

Overview CC BY license requirement The Metadata Publishing on external platforms• Marking on your website

Best practices for marking contentwith CC licensing• Creator of CC-licensed content• User of CC-licensed contenthttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking

Marking Best Practices: Creators• Marking on your site• Marking specific media• Marking specific formats• Marking third-party content• More…http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking/Creators

Example of poor Marking

o Which license?o Link to license?o License icon?o Not machine-readable

Example of better Marking

 Full URL (link) to CC BY license Visible notation of ‘CC BY’ CC BY license icon Machine-readable

Overview CC BY license requirement The Metadata Publishing on external platforms Marking on your website• Finding Existing OER

Search & Discovery

CC BY licensed OER sites• PhET Interactive Simulations• Connexions, OpenStax College• Open High School of Utah• Curriki• Open Course Library• Saylor.org• OER Africahttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Case_Studies/United_States

Saylor.org ReusesOpen CourseLibrary Materials

Popular OER under other CC license• Khan Academy• MIT Open Courseware• Open Courseware Consortium• Flat World Knowledge• Peer 2 Peer University• MERLOT• OER Commons (referatory service)http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Case_Studies/United_States

OER Matrices – 82 courses

Incorporating OER into your coursecollections

Best practices for marking contentwith CC licensing• Creator of CC-licensed content• User of CC-licensed contenthttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking

Marking Best Practices: Users• Marking on your site• Marking works offered under otherCC licenses• Is your attribution good enough?• Marking specific media• More…http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking/Users

Example of poor Marking

o Confusing creator with license granting organizationo Which license?o Link to license?o License icon?o Not machine-readable

 Title of work Title linked to original web page Creator noted Specific license noted and linked (CC BY) Machine-readable

Overview CC BY license requirement The Metadata Publishing on external platforms Marking on your website Finding Existing OER• The Open Course Library

SBCTC Open Policy All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.http://www.sbctc.edu/general/admin/Tab_9_Open_Lic

Open Course Library Lesson’s Learned Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SA6. Encourage open licensing where possible7. Track permissions and specify CC licenses8. Don’t assume authors know about copyright9. “Open” is an efficiency and an investment

“I can access it on the web so its free to use, right?” (Hint: wrong!)

Open Course Library Lesson’s Learned Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SA6. Encourage open licensing where possible7. Track permissions and specify CC licenses8. Don’t assume authors know about copyright9. “Open” is an efficiency and an investment

Impact of OCL < 1yr. later• 2011-12 est. textbook savings in WA: $1.26 million1 Savings in year 1 exceeds cost of OCL project• Over 30,000 visits from 125 countries• Course materials used by colleges in 8 states• 11 courses adapted/improved by Saylor.org• Positive press: 80+ media mentions worldwide• 90% textbooks savings with no significant difference in completion rates (w/ room to grow!)Source: http://www.studentpirgs.org/resources/cost-analysis-open-course-library

Open Course Library Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SAMore info at: http://opencourselibrary.org

Discussion• What OPEN services need to be changed to better meet your needs? Next steps for: – Grantee Projects – OPEN team

Wrap-up• 3D visualization group• OER Matrix• Listserv (Google group) – Contact list by subject• How do I credit the funder? (U.S. Department of Labor)• http://open4us.org/resources – Videos, FAQ• Next week: Google survey

Thank you!“Thank You – Danke” by Alice Popkorn / CC BY

CC BY license implementation deep dive (OPEN Kick-off)

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