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WHEN YOU HEAR “COPYRIGHT” - HOW DO YOU FEEL/REACT?

Image by Robin Higgins from Pixabay (Free for commercial use, no attribution required.) Pixabay License

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COPYRIGHT, CREATIVE COMMONS, AND OER ARE YOUR FRIEND�

PRESENTED BY:

Penny Pearson

Coordinator

Subject Matter Expert

ppearson@otan.us

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A Little About Me

COORDINATOR DL PROJECTS (ret)

ORIGINAL “DL” STUDENT

12 YEARS CLASSROOM (CTE)
15 YEARS WITH OTAN

PS: I am not a lawyer and I can’t give legal advice.

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USE THIS QR CODE FOR ACCESS TO THE SLIDE DECK.

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LEARNING GOALS

Something GOOD this way Comes!

Define OER

Licensing-Copyright – Creative Commons, huh?

Join the Movement (Watch video)

Resources & Discussion

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Something GOOD is Available!

The COAAP Exchange!

Field sharing COAAP
CASAS and OTAN partnership
Online tool to upload your COAAP (simple interface)
Create and license your COAPP files and activities to share with everyone!

Based on the Teaching with Technology site on OTAN.us

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WHAT ARE OER?

“Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits sharing, accessing, repurposing—including for commercial purposes—and collaborating with others.”

Emphasis Added

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WHAT CAN BE AN OER?

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PUBLIC DOMAIN VS OPEN LICENSE

Public Domain

Copyright Ownership waived.
Author gives away rights to the public to reproduce and distribute creative work.

VS

Open License

Copyright Ownership retained.
Author grants broad rights to the public to reproduce and distribute creative work.

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The 5 Rs of Open

Retain - the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage)

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, change the colors of a sunset in a photo)

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)

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)

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WHAT IS AN OPEN LICENSE?

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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.

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LICENSE ICONS

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THE LICENSE DESCRIPTIONS

The license is CC-BY for this image from The Royal Society of New Zealand.

The six licenses offered by Creative Commons allow for many levels of “permissions” for the works you create or you wish to use. It is important to review the licenses carefully. Does the license permit you to do what you want to do with it? Revise it (translate into another language? Add more to it, take out some parts? Cut it into smaller pieces?) As a creator you must decide if a user can change your work, or use it to ‘make money.’ This is typically a question that causes a great deal of consternation among individuals who create OER. There is a fear that someone will “make money off my work.” And it IS an important consideration. Remember that the author still retains the copyrights on their work and most producers would seek permission to use materials commercially as a matter of courtesy OR to get access to additional materials held by an author. But be aware, open licenses do not require it.

Culturally, we are moving more and more toward a ‘sharing’ economy. This doesn’t mean an individual doesn’t make a profit, it just means they are willing to share their own bounty or good fortune with others in a variety of ways.

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YOU CREATE – NOW LICENSE!

Create documents using Word, Open Office, or Google docs.
Decide how you want to give permission to others to use your work.
Go to the Creative Commons licensing tool to get the “mark” you need.

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APPLY YOUR LICENSE – CREATIVE COMMONS

Go To Creativecommons.org

At the top of the screen choose “Share your work” at the top of the screen.

Fill out the short form choosing the license options you want.

Copy/Paste the text/image into your document

OR

Copy/Paste the HTML code into your web page.

That’s it. You’ve announced to all your permissions on how they can use your work(s).

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PRACTICE!

Create a short document, slide deck and use the Creative Commons license building to add a license to the text.

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APPLY YOUR LICENSE – OPEN ATTRIBUTION BUILDER

Helps you add the correct license to your work

You have control to how you want your work(s) used

Ensures others are credited as creators

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OPEN ATTRIBUTION BUILDER

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FINDING THE LICENSE – USING OTHERS’ WORK

Search for resources – Use advanced options

Always read the license!

Use other resource lists!
Share among yourselves!

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NEW MATERIALS RELEASED INTO PUBLIC DOMAIN

January 1 is “Public Domain Day”
Every year materials are removed from copyright protections
They are placed in the Public Domain for anyone to use
These items include:

Classic literature
Movies and film from the beginning of the industry
Photographs
Commercial public icons (think Mickey Mouse PD in 2024)
Many other formerly protected materials

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WHERE TO FIND PUBLIC DOMAIN MATERIALS

Many libraries have collections

Other commonly used sites

And of course, your favorite search engine

Always check the license!

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WHERE TO FIND OER MATERIALS

A few OER sites:

OER Commons - public digital library, with tools
Open Textbooks – curated collection of textbooks/courses
CK12 for adult educators
Teaching Commons - higher level
Skills Commons – workforce pipeline materials
HippoCampus - HS subjects, interactives
CrowdEd Learning

Always check the license!

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OPEN LICENSING RULE

Starting in FY 2018, resources created with discretionary competitive grants must be openly licensed and shared with the public (Cable Green, Creative Commons, 6/6/2017)
Here is the text of the final rule published in the Federal Register and in the Government Publishing Office Code of Federal Regulations.

This is good news for adult education!

This new Department of Education open licensing rule follows the example set by the Department of Labor agency-wide CC BY open licensing policy, the Department of State’s open licensing playbook for federal agencies, and multiple other open education licensing policies from around the world. While the rule does not specify the use of a CC license by name, it provides guidance on what attributes the open license needs to contain. Obviously, Creative Commons will fill these requirements (for the most part) nicely.

Additional research needs to be done to clarify how this might affect school districts or adult schools who receive federal grant money. Watch OTAN’s web site for future news items on this issue.

Here is the link to the regulation as published in the Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00910/open-licensing-requirement-for-competitive-grant-programs#p-260

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QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

Conversation,

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3-2-1 REFLECTION TOOL

Reflect on…

3 things you learned today

2 things you will share

1 thing you will try

Image “Thinking” by Robin Higgins from Pixabay (Free for commercial use, no attribution required.) Pixabay License

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HOW YOU CAN USE THIS PRESENTATION

This presentation “Copyright, Creative Commons, and OER are Your Friend” by Penny Pearson, OTAN, ppearson@otan.us is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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