Image: Into the Great Wide Open by Maarten van Maanen used under CC-BY-SA license
Finding & using OER
TRU-OLFM
May 9, 2015
Clint Lalonde
BCcampus

Unless otherwise noted, this work is
licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution License.
Feel free to use, modify or distribute any or
all of this presentation with attribution.

What are Open Educational Resources?
“Open Educational Resources (OERs) are
any type of educational materials that are
in the public domain or introduced with an
open license. The nature of these open
materials means that anyone can legally
and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share
them.”
UNESCO

Only for items you want to copy
(Linking and embedding ok)

Creative Commons License Features
Credit: Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop by Paul Stacey licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY

Credit: Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop by Paul Stacey licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY

Credit: This is a modified version of a slide from Adopting Open
Textbooks Workshop by Paul Stacey licensed under CC-BY. Text has
been removed and the CC0 logo has been added
Spectrum of Openness

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Credit: Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop by Paul Stacey licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY

How Machine Readable Code
works IRL*
Flickr Advanced Search
Google Advanced Search
* In Real Life

So how do I properly mark the CC stuff I use?

Attribution - TASL
T – Title
A – Artist
S – Source (usually link)
L – CC license
If you modify, note what you
changed
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking/Users#Examples

Shark! by guitarfish CC-BY

This is a modified image
based on the image Shark! by
guitarfish CC-BY Text and
arrow was added.
Never will be me

This is a modified image
based on the image Shark! by
guitarfish CC-BY Text and
arrow was added. Shark text
from Wikipedia used under a
CC-BY-SA license
Never will be me
Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a
cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits
on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that
are not fused to the head.

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions
Adaptations

This is a modified image
based on the image Shark! by
guitarfish CC-BY Text and
arrow was added. Shark text
from Wikipedia used under a
CC-BY-SA license
This image is released under a
CC-BY-SA license
Never will be me
Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a
cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits
on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that
are not fused to the head.

Open Washington Attribution Builder
Open Attribute Browser Plugin (requires CC metadata)

bit.ly/tru-oer