A portion of a presentation giving at the CASAS Summer Institute, 2014.

1. Open Educational Resources:
A Paradigm Shift for Adult Ed
Penny Pearson, Coordinator
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network
ppearson@otan.us

2. Many things have changed the course of our
history

3. Open Educational
Resources
Could the next cultural information revolution come from something as simple as the act of sharing?

4. Retain
Re-Use
Revise
Re-Mix
Re-
Distribute
• - Retain – the right to make, own, and
control copies of the content
• - Reuse – the right to use the content in a
wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a
study group, on a website, in a video)
• - Revise – the right to adapt, adjust,
modify, or alter the content itself (e.g.,
translate the content into another
language)
• - Remix – the right to combine the
original or revised content with other
open content to create something new
(e.g., incorporate the content into a
mashup)
• - Redistribute – the right to share copies
of the original content, your revisions, or
your remixes with others (e.g., give a
copy of the content to a friend)
The 5 Rs of Openness

5.  By necessity, adult education teachers create
vast amounts of materials, lessons, activities and
other resources to help students succeed. And
many of them are very willing to share!

6. It’s all in the Licensing!
Creative Commons – A way to
license copyright work for specific
use by others. From most open to
least open, each license spells out
how the works can be used.
CC licenses give both creator
AND user the freedom to license
work for others to use.
Keep to the Green Zone

7. Public Domain

8. CC BY

9. CC BY-SA

10. CC BY-ND

11. CC BY-NC

12. CC BY-NC-SA

13. CC BY-NC-ND

14. The compatibility challenge
It seems only natural to assume that an OER with a CC license could be mixed with another OER using a CC
license or alternative open content license like the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
However, this is not the case. For example:
● A CC license with a No-Derivatives restriction means that it cannot be remixed with other CC-
licensed content because of the no-derivatives requirement;
● Different open content licenses may restrict remixing with other license types because of the
specific licensing requirements for derivative works. For example, the GFDL requires that derivative
works are released under precisely the same license, meaning the GFDL. (emphasis added)
Therefore it is not legally permissible to mix-in GFDL content and release the derivative work under
a CC BY-SA license, even though these licenses are similar in terms of the intent of the licenses.
However, it is possible to release original works under a dual license, that is both a CC license and GFDL.
(Note that this applies to original works, which are not derivative works, but dual licensing can facilitate
greater flexibility for downstream remixing.) It is also possible to release a collection under their
respective licenses, where the sub-sections can be clearly identified as discrete parts. In other words, part
of the material is licensed with a CC license(s) and part GFDL, provided that the original terms of the
respective licenses are adhered to.
GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)

15. CC License Rubric

16. Try a few “hands” at remixing…
Use the link below to try the game:
http://wikieducator.org/Creative_Commons_unplugged/License_compatibility:_Example_1

17. Discussion
• How do the levels of licensing impact our ability to
talk about OERs with new users?
• How can we best frame a discussion about what an
OER is, keeping in mind the levels of licensing, when
discussing the topic with the field?
• In what ways do the levels of licensing challenge new
users?
– Can you develop an 'elevator speech' to tell others
about the value of OER?

18. So how does this work?
• I create my own original work with the intent of sharing it
with others.
• I ensure all my materials are my original work OR they are licensed
so I can share them (revise & remix)
• I clearly license my work with a Creative Commons license
indicating exactly how others can use my work.
• I can then share it with others by handing them a copy,
sharing it on a web site or OER repository.
What does this mean for YOU?
You can find my work, use it, revise it, remix it, and re-
share it. (If I licensed it that way!)

19. Test Your Knowlege
• Understanding licensing takes practice.
• Lets see how well
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20. • Issue of Quality
• Consider Review Rubrics
• I don’t want to create,
where do I FIND them?
• Do they align to
standards? (usually)
• What can be OER?
Pretty much anything digital.
Sounds too good to be true…
What’s
The
Catch?

21. How Do I Find Them?
•Google Search
• We’ll try it!
• Creative Commons
• We’ll try that too!
• YouTube
• Now have CC licensed videos!
• OER Repositories
• There are many!
• OTAN! We have online courses!

22. Let’s Go!
 Creative Commons – Find
Licensed Content
 YouTube – use their
filters!
 OER Commons – they
have a category for Adult
Education!
 Google Search! Use
Advanced Features
OER
Commons
Google
CC
YouTube

23. Other Resources
• Curriki
• EDSITEment
• Free Federal Registry for Education Excellence
• myOER.org
• OpenEd
• ShareMyLesson

24. Open Courses and Learning Modules
• Big History Project
• HippoCampus.org from National Repository of Online
Courses
• Khan Academy
• MIT Open CourseWare: Highlights for High School
• Saylor.org
• OTAN – ESL, Transition, E.L. Civics, Citizenship, Writing
(created by Adult Education teachers for adult learners)

25. Become an OER Super Hero!
•Learn about Creative Commons
• Teach someone else
•License your work with CC
• Choose your license
•Consider sharing your work
• OER Commons

26.  Penny Pearson, Coordinator
 Distance Learning Projects
 OTAN
 http://www.otan.us
 ppearson@otan.us
 (916)228-2753
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