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Open Educational Resources (OER)

This guide explains what Open Educational Resources are and provides examples.

WHAT IS CREATIVE COMMONS?

The most common open license is the Creative Commons license.

What is Creative Commons?
"Creative Commons helps you legally share your knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world. We unlock the full potential of the internet to drive a new era of development, growth and productivity."

"With a network of staff, board, and affiliates around the world, Creative Commons provides free, easy-to-use copyright licenses to make a simple and standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work–on conditions of your choice.”


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OPEN EDUCATION

OER Movement and the 5Rs Framework

"Open Educational Resources are broadly considered to meet the 5Rs Framework,” meaning that users are free to:

  1. Retain - the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage)
  2. 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)
  3. Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)
  4. Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)
  5. 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)

(Defining the "Open" in Open Content and Open Educational Resourceshttp://opencontent.org/)

OER, THE 5RS OF OPEN AND CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES