Overview

This week we focus on the growing open access movement, which aims to create a pool of completely free, legally reusable material by making it easier for copyright owners to share their material with others, should they so choose. This is achieved by providing broad licences that creators can apply to their material to give permission in advance for certain uses. One of the most popular open access models is the Creative Commons system, which applies to all different types of creative materials and provides a range of licences with different levels of freedom. There are more than 1.8 billion Creative Commons licensed works available on the internet, all of which can be legally reused as long as the particular licence the author has chosen is followed. Creative Commons builds on the 'all rights reserved' system of default copyright law to allow for a voluntary 'some rights reserved' system.

Reading and resources

Videos

• What is Creative Commons

• The OERs

Essential Reading

• Open Educational Resources (OER): A Toolkit for Teachers, Curriculum and eLearning Developers http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/open-education-resources/open-educational-resources-(oer)-a-toolkit-for-teachers-curriculum-and-elearning-developers

Extended Reading

• Quick Guide to Creative Commons (poster) http://smartcopying.edu.au/docs/default-source/creative-common-pdf/quick-guide-cc.pdf?sfvrsn=2

• OER in Australia: http://smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/open-education-resources/where-to-find-oer-materials/oer-in-australia

• OER overview : http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/open-education-resources

• Creative Commons Information Pack for teachers and students: http://smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/open-education-resources/cc-information-pack-for-teachers-and-students

• Where to find CC licensed materials: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/open-education-resources/where-to-find-cc-licensed-material

• Videos on OER: http://smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/open-education-resources/videos-on-oer

• Using iTunesU: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/information-sheets/schools/using-itunes-u---schools-and-teachers

• Where to find OER materials: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/open-education-resources/where-to-find-oer-materials

• Understanding Website Terms and Conditions: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/information-sheets/schools/understanding-website-terms-and-conditions

• Applying a Creative Commons Licence: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/creative-commons/applying-a-creative-commons-licence

• Applying Creative Commons Licenses to your teaching material on iTunes U: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/creative-commons/applying-creative-commons-licenses-to-your-teaching-material-on-itunes-u

• Recommended Creative Commons Website and Publication notices: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/creative-commons/recommended-creative-commons-website-and-publication-notices

Selected powerpoint presentations from the National Copyright Unit's slideshare site:

Short Explainers on CC and OER

• What is OER and CC?
• How to find Creative Commons licensed resources
• Attributing Creative Commons licensed resources
• Applying a Creative Commons licence to your resource

Further Additional resources:

• P2PU: How to use Open Educational Resources: https://training.instructure.com/courses/1276118

• P2PU: Get CC Savvy Challenges: https://p2pu.org/en/groups/get-cc-savvy/

• P2PU: Into to Openness in Education: https://p2pu.org/en/courses/140/intro-to-openness-in-education/

• Commonwealth of Learning's online course 'Understanding Open Educational Resources' (note Australia does not have fair use): http://tell.colvee.org/

• OER: http://creativecommons.org/education

• Building an Australasian Commons - case studies: http://creativecommons.org.au/casestudiesvol1

• Attribution tool: http://openattribute.com/

• Get a CC licence. Put it on your website: https://courses.p2pu.org/en/courses/3/get-a-cc-license-put-it-on-your-website/

• Creative Commons licences: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

• Choosing a Creative Commons licence: http://creativecommons.org/choose/

• Creative commons FAQ: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ

• Info on publishing under a CC licence: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Publish

• Info on marking CC licenced material: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking

• CC Fact Sheets: http://creativecommons.org.au/learn-more/fact-sheets

• Videos on Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/videos

• Creative Commons and copyright are friends: https://courses.p2pu.org/en/groups/get-cc-savvy/content/copyright-and-creative-commons-are-friends/

• Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians Print Resource: https://www.smartcopying.edu.au/open-education/creative-commons/-creative-commons-for-educators-and-librarians-print-resource

• Edit and change Creative Commons resources as needed:https://courses.p2pu.org/en/groups/teach-someone-something-with-open-content-part-2/content/edit-and-change-the-resources-as-needed/