2. “Atthe heart of the open-
educational resources
movement is the simple
and powerful idea that the
world’s knowledge is a
public good.”
Smith, Marshall S. and Casserly, Catherine M.(2006) 'The Promise of Open Educational
Resources', Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 38: 5, 8 — 17
3. What is “Open”?
The meaning of “open” in “Open Educational Resources”, own illustration
following Geser 2007, p. 20
4. Priorities in Open Education
Create Open
Find and Content with
Evaluate Open Source
tools
Publish and
Share the
content
•Technical considerations and planning
•Legal/license considerations and planning
5. Open Educational Resources??
• teaching, learning, and research
resources that reside in the public
domain
• released under an intellectual
property license that permits free
use or re-purposing by others.
6. Open Educational Resources??
• Create a global culture of learning or
what some might call a learning
ecosystem.
• Prepare students for thriving in a
rapidly evolving,
knowledge-based world.
7. Three arguments for gov’ts to
support OER projects.
• Expand access to learning for
everyone.
• Efficient way of promoting
lifelong learning.
• Bridge the gap between non-
formal, informal and formal
learning.
8. Reasons institutions are involved
in OER.
• Altruistic argument
• Public educational institutions
• Quality can be improved/cost of content
development reduced.
• Good PR.
• Cost recovery models.
• Speed up development of new learning
resources
• Stimulate innovation and reuse.
9. 4R’s of Open
• Reuse
• Redistribute
• Revise
• Remix
Increasing openness of the four Rs
(Hilton & Wiley, in press).
10. OER Include:
• Full courses/course materials
• Modules
• Textbooks
• Streaming videos
• Tests
• Software
• Any tools/materials supporting access to
knowledge.
11. Re-Mixing
re•mix (n.) (rē-mĭks')
A new version of media made by
adding to, or otherwise changing
the original version (license
permitting).
12. Key Points of Re-Mixing
• Borrowing/adapting is part of the
creative process
• It is important to acknowledge the
original work, even if it is not in
copyright
• Some works have special conditions
put on them to prevent remixing
13. Copyrights
• Established in a time of printed material
• International
• Enables people to make money from their
work
• Expire.
• Use without permission is not the same as
piracy
21. Resources
Geser, G. (2007). Open Educational
Practices and Resources - OLCOS
Roadmap 2012. Salzburg. URL:
http://www.olcos.org/english/roadmap/.
Hilton, J., & Wiley, D. (in press). The
creation and use of open educational
resources in Christian higher education.
Christian Higher Education.
Editor's Notes
Term originated with the music industry late in the 20th century and has grown to include written work as well.Extends to written work…quoting is a form of re-mixing while giving credit to the source.General convention is to ask permission to use something.
The Internet was built on the concept of Remixing.Why do we acknowledge our sources?We want to be honest and give credit to the work of others Readers and viewers want to know what they are reading, viewing or listening to: Originals may come with some special conditions
CC BY: This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.CC BY ND:This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.CC BY NC: no commercial distribution.CC BY SA: This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.
CC BY: This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.CC BY ND:This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.CC BY NC: no commercial distribution.CC BY SA: This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.
