1.
CC BY License Implementation Deep
Dive / Finding existing OER for your
project

2.
Overview
• CC BY license requirement
• The Metadata
• Publishing on external platforms
• Marking on your website
• Finding existing OER
• The Open Course Library

3.
1. TAACCCT Round One SGA
2. Amendment Three
3. Copyrighted materials clarification

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

5.
Amendment Three, Section IV.B.4
“…as a condition of the receipt of a Trade
Adjustment Assistance Community College and
Career Training Grant (“Grant”), the Grantee will
be required to license to the public (not including
the Federal Government) all work created with the
support of the grant (“Work”) under a Creative
Commons Attribution 3.0 License (“License”).”
http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/applicantinfo.cfm

6.
Copyrighted materials clarification
“Only work that is developed by the grantee with
grant funds is required to be licensed under the
Creative Commons license. Pre-existing
copyrighted materials licensed or purchased by
the grantee are subject to the intellectual
property rights the grantee receives under the
terms of the particular license or purchase.”
http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/Announcements.cfm

7.
Overview
 CC BY license requirement
• The Metadata

8.
Why CC BY?
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9.
<span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
1
<span rel="dc:type" href="
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title">My
Photo</span> 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://c
Readable reativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 License</a>.
Metadata <span rel="dc:source" href="
h
http://fredbenenson.com/photo"/>Permissions beyond
the scope of this license may be available at <a
rel="cc:morePermissions"
href="http://ozmo.com/revenue_sharing_
agreement">OZMO</a>.</span>
</span>

10.
http://creativecommons.org/choose

11.
<a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative
Commons License" style="border-width:0"
src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This
work is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>.v
________________________________________________________
_______
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Unported License.

12.
Search & Discovery

13.
http://search.creativecommons.org

14.
Overview
 CC BY license requirement
 The Metadata
• Publishing on external platforms

15.
Major communities by media type
• Images
• Audio
• Video
• Text
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Publish

16.
Video platforms
• Vimeo
• YouTube
• Internet Archive
• Wikimedia Commons
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Publish/Video

17.
OER-specific platform
http://cnx.org

18.
Overview
 CC BY license requirement
 The Metadata
 Publishing on external platforms
• Marking on your website

19.
Best practices for marking content
with CC licensing
• Creator of CC-licensed content
• User of CC-licensed content
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking

20.
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

21.
Example of poor Marking

22.
o Which license?
o Link to license?
o License icon?
o Not machine-readable

23.
Example of better Marking

24.
 Full URL (link) to CC BY license
 Visible notation of ‘CC BY’
 CC BY license icon
 Machine-readable

25.
Example of better Marking

26.
Overview
 CC BY license requirement
 The Metadata
 Publishing on external platforms
 Marking on your website
• Finding Existing OER

27.
Search & Discovery

28.
CC BY licensed OER sites
• PhET Interactive Simulations
• Connexions, OpenStax College
• Open High School of Utah
• Curriki
• Open Course Library
• Saylor.org
• OER Africa
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Case_Studies/U
nited_States

29.
Saylor.org Reuses
Open Course
Library Materials

30.
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/U
nited_States

31.
OER Matrices – 82 courses

32.
Incorporating OER into your course
collections

33.
Best practices for marking content
with CC licensing
• Creator of CC-licensed content
• User of CC-licensed content
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking

34.
Marking Best Practices: Users
• Marking on your site
• Marking works offered under other
CC licenses
• Is your attribution good enough?
• Marking specific media
• More…
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking/Users

35.
Example of poor Marking

36.
o Confusing creator with license
granting organization
o Which license?
o Link to license?
o License icon?
o Not machine-readable

37.
Example of better Marking

38.
 Title of work
 Title linked to original web page
 Creator noted
 Specific license noted and linked
(CC BY)
 Machine-readable

39.
Overview
 CC BY license requirement
 The Metadata
 Publishing on external platforms
 Marking on your website
 Finding Existing OER
• The Open Course Library

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41.
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

42.
Open Course Library
Lesson’s Learned
Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SA
6. Encourage open licensing where possible
7. Track permissions and specify CC licenses
8. Don’t assume authors know about copyright
9. “Open” is an efficiency and an investment

43.
Open Course Library
Lesson’s Learned
Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SA
6. Encourage open licensing where possible
7. Track permissions and specify CC licenses
8. Don’t assume authors know about copyright
9. “Open” is an efficiency and an investment

44.
Open Course Library
Lesson’s Learned
Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SA
6. Encourage open licensing where possible
7. Track permissions and specify CC licenses
8. Don’t assume authors know about copyright
9. “Open” is an efficiency and an investment

45.
Open Course Library
Lesson’s Learned
Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SA
6. Encourage open licensing where possible
7. Track permissions and specify CC licenses
8. Don’t assume authors know about copyright
9. “Open” is an efficiency and an investment

46.
“I can access it on the web
so it's free to use, right?”
(Hint: wrong!)

47.
Open Course Library
Lesson’s Learned
Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SA
6. Encourage open licensing where possible
7. Track permissions and specify CC licenses
8. Don’t assume authors know about copyright
9. “Open” is an efficiency and an investment

48.
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

49.
Open Course Library
Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC BY-NC-SA
More info at: http://opencourselibrary.org

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51.
Discussion
• What OPEN services need to be
changed to better meet your needs?
Next steps for:
– Grantee Projects
– OPEN team

52.
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

53.
Thank you!
“Thank You – Danke” by Alice Popkorn / CC BY