Creative Commons Licences in practice

1. Manuel Caeiro Rodríguez, PhD (mcaeiro@det.uvigo.es)
University of Vigo, Spain
Associate Professor
IEEE Senior member
4.2 Creative Commons Licenses in Practice
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories

2. Creative Commons
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Subunit – 4.2 Creative Commons Licenses and Their Use
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
Slide 2 of 10
Ordering of CC Licences from most to least open by Creative Commons
BY-SA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
• Non-exclusive
• Not revocable

3. • Before licensing your OER:
– For any copyrighted materials intended to
be used
– Clearance means to have written
permission
– In case it is not possible, replace resources
with something licensed openly
Copyright Clearance
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Subunit – 4.2 Creative Commons Licenses and Their Use
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
Slide 3 of 10
OER Handbook for Educators by WikiEducator
CC BY-SA, http://wikieducator.org/

4. • Choose a licence
• Check the license compatibility
• Assign the license
How to License
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Subunit – 4.2 Creative Commons Licenses and Their Use
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
Slide 4 of 10

5. License Compatibility: Adapt
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Subunit – 4.2 Creative Commons Licenses and Their Use
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
Slide 5 of 10
CC FAQ by Creative Commons CC BY, https://creativecommons.org/faq

6. License Compatibility: Combine
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Subunit – 4.2 Creative Commons Licenses and Their Use
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
Slide 6 of 10
CC FAQ by Creative Commons CC BY, https://creativecommons.org/faq

7. License Compatibility: Collect
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Subunit – 4.2 Creative Commons Licenses and Their Use
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
Slide 7 of 10
CC FAQ by Creative Commons CC BY, https://creativecommons.org/faq

8. • Depends on the media
• CC “License Your Work” tool
https://creativecommons.org/
choose/
Assigning a License
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Subunit – 4.2 Creative Commons Licenses and Their Use
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
Slide 8 of 10
Three “layers” of licenses by Creative Commons
CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/images/license-layers.png

9. Attributing Sources
EDUCATION SOCIETY
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Subunit – 4.2 Creative Commons Licenses and Their Use
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
Slide 9 of 10
“Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco”
by Timothy Vollmer is licensed under CC BY 2.0
• TASL: Title, Author,
Source and License
• Attributing depends on
whether you modify the
content, if there are
multiple sources, media
type, etc.
• https://
wiki.creativecommons.o
rg/wiki/
Best_practices_for_attri
bution

10. Manuel Caeiro Rodríguez, PhD (mcaeiro@det.uvigo.es)
University of Vigo, Spain
Associate Professor
IEEE Senior member
EDUCATION SOCIETY
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
Unit 4 – Applications for OERs
MOOC – Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories
4.2 Creative Commons Licenses in Practice