This document discusses copyright, Creative Commons, public domain, and open educational resources. It explains that copyright protects intellectual property for the creator's lifetime plus 70 years in the EU. Creative Commons licenses provide options for sharing and reuse of works while still giving credit. The public domain contains works no longer under copyright. Open educational resources are freely available teaching and learning materials under open licenses.

1. Copyright, Creative
Commons, Public
Domain, and Open
Educational Resources
eSchool4s – Workshop, Sväty Jur (23 – 26 June 2015)
Reinhard Wieser
Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol

2. Sustainability & „e“ learning objects
Sustainability of platforms: technological aspect
 Consistent & stable learning management system like Moodle
Sustainability of e-learning materials
 Copyright matters! => CC and OER!
 Usability
 Tech: no Java, no Flash
Sustainability of pedagogic approaches
 See Bloom‘s taxonomy of cognitive learning goals!
 Curricula, standards & competencies
Source: Attwell, Graham (2004): http://goo.gl/n8OFgp

4. Copyright ensures that the people who create “Intellectual
Property” can own, control and be paid for their efforts.
If something is created it is automatically protected by
copyright! In the European Union, the rights of authors are
protected during their lifetime and for 70 years after.
What is protected?
 Texts like mails, blog articles; literary works incl. software
 Sound recordings and music
 Drawings, graphics, photos
 Videos etc.
Copyright?
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

6. And today?
Copyright infringement: On average 30 Austrian schools get
sued a year for copyright infringement by photo agencies
and/or private people.
Good day for the internet: 21 October 2014: Court of
Justice of EU decides that the linking and embedding of
online files is legal!
 Cf. http://goo.gl/SWnZJq (verdict) or http://goo.gl/kzXDk6
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

7. Ways out of this misery...
Creative Commons
Public Domain
Open educational resources
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

9. Creative Commons
provides resources that
you and your students
can legally copy, modify
and reuse
myCCstickershavearrived!!!bylaihiuavailableat
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laihiu/290630500/
underaCreativeCommonsAttribution2.0licence

10. It also provides a
tool for managing
your own
copyright!
Tooled Flatty by flattop341 available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/flattop341/1085739925/
under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence CRICOS No. 00213J

11. What is Creative Commons?
Nonprofit (American) organization that enables the sharing
and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
(since 2001)
Offers free, easy-to-use copyright licenses
Licenses give the public permission to share and use your
creative work — on conditions of your choice.
We can choose from copyright terms like "All Rights Reserved"
to only "Some Rights Reserved."
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

12. Attribution – credit the author
Non-commercial – no commercial use
No Derivative Works – no remixing
Share alike – remix only if you let others remix
Licence Elements
For more info see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/?lang=en

13. For more detailed information:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YkbeycRa2A

14. General Purpose
 Creative Commons Search
Images
 Google
 Flickr CC
Audio
 Jamendo.com
 CC Mixter
 Free Sounds
 Shambles List
Creative Commons Resources
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

15. A work of authorship is in the “public domain” if it is no longer
under copyright protection.
Works may be used without the permission of the former
copyright owner.
Rules for when items pass into the public domain vary
considerably!
What is the Public Domain?
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

16. Public Domain Resources
Bartleby.com Public domain texts online
Books on the Internet. E-texts from UT Austin
Great Books. Ancient classics to 20th
century masterpieces.
Images Listing of public domain images
Internet Public Library Library for the Internet community
Moving Image Archive Movies, films, and videos
Online Books Listing over 30,000 free books on the Web
Project Gutenberg More than 25,000 free e-books
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
list=PL741678F352148469&v=gJWbVt2Nc-I

18. Open educational resources (OER)
Philosophy: education is fundamentally about sharing!
Freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media
that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well
as for research purposes.
Materials:
 www.oerplatform.org/
 www.oercommons.org
More info
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources
 www.edutopia.org/article/open-educational-resources-oer-
resource-roundup
@ph-tirol.ac.at)

19. Photos: Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Flickr (public
domain, CC)
EU copyright: Wikipedia (http://goo.gl/saqguB)
Parts of this presentation taken from
http://de.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates/creative-
commons-in-the-classroom-presentation
(published under CC)
Sources
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)