OER4Us Open Educational Resources: Digital Discourse for Students in the Health Sciences Faculty 2012 Open lock from OpenUCT Initiative Photo by Veronica Mitchell Education Development Unit Health Sciences Faculty University of Cape Town, South Africa

OER4Us (CC BY-NC-SA) By Veronica Mitchell Samantha Lee Pan Nicole Southgate

chocolate vs knowledge Sharing Photo by Veronica Mitchell

Philosophy of openness Knowledge for the public good Not just for an elite few

Objectives for student workshop To respect online Copyright To understand Creative Commons licensing To expand my learning capabilities through the internet To draw value from Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Overview Using UCT online guide for Year 1 students Answer 3 questions Task 1 Using Health & Human Rights Pamphlets Find an image Task 2 Using the broader OER Find images in terms of vulnerable groups reflecting human rights upheld / violated Task 3 Understanding OER Intellectual Property matters Human rights focus Click for link to workshop programme

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Stacey Stent illustration 2010 (CC BY-NC-SA) Task 1 What is the phone number for organizing assistance at the Writing Centre? What are the English and Xhosa explanations for the action word examine? When you reflect on yourself as a learner, what ought you to ask yourself?

© UNESCO UNESCO/CLT/CPD/CPO/2010/PI/157 The information and illustrations contained in this toolkit may be freely used and copied for educational and other non-commercial purposes, provided that any reproduction of data be accompanied by an acknowledgement of UNESCO as the source. The ideas and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the organisation.

Stigma Chiiya, C. et al. (2008) We are all in the same boat, UNESCO. Available at: [Accessed on: 13 May 2012]

YouTube video Meet Creative Commons OER Africa (CC BY-NC-SA) via

Open Educational Resources Image from the Hewlett Foundation (CC BY)

Copyright Previously copyright was binary All rights retained vs public domain restricted vs open Copyright © Public Domain PD

Copyright © Public Domain Some rights reserved Now alternative licensing options Internet enables …

Carpeted CommonsCarpeted Commons by Brett Taylor (CC BY) ‎Brett Taylor

Openness Sunshine ConnellySunshine Connelly (CC BY) Open lock from OpenUCT initiative (

Licences offer different options Source: Hodgkinson-Williams, CA, & Gray, E (2008) Degrees of Openness: The Emergence of OER at UCT. Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town

Choosing our licence onlineLicence terms and conditions

Signing the Berlin Declaration Images from and The Cape Town Declaration Commitment to openness

Occupational Therapy Author: Matumo Ramafikeng Occupational Therapy Author: Matumo Ramafikeng

NetworkNetwork by SJCockell (CC BY) Our networked society

Examples of other institutions: Open University in UK Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in US

Ted Talks YouTube channels Khan Academy Affordance of the internet Other resources Videos Screenshots are used for review purposes only.

Part of a global movement

om/v/color/layout.xml&backgroundColor=2a5083&showFlipBtn=true Magazine

Blog Exciting new opportunity for UCT STAFF and STUDENTS: Open Education Resource (OER) Grants

Opening up new opportunities for learning Created by Shihaam Shaikh (CC BY-NC)Shihaam Shaikh

Created by Shihaam Shaikh (CC BY-NC)Shihaam Shaikh

Opening our eyes to images / // Compfight Quick images from Flickr / All Screenshots are used for review purposes only. Photo by Veronica Mitchell

Access widened Copyright What does this mean for us as students? RespectAttribution

Myths We can use images from the internet: as long as we’re not making a profit we acknowledge the url there is no logo on the image it’s just in the institution

Truth We can use images from the internet: if permitted by author if allowed for by the licensing terms e.g. Creative Commons when open – public domain

Personal learning environment Image: David Castillo Dominici / FreeDigitalPhotos.net 3d Man With Multiple Arrow Paths (used under the standard/free license)(used under the standard/free license) Self-regulation as a Health Professional

Professionalism ? In terms of knowledge, empathy & reflection Olckers, L., Gibbs, T, & Duncan, M. (2007) Developing health science students into integrated professionals: A practical tool for learning. BMC Medical Education 7:45. [Online]. Available: (CC BY)

Human Rights YouTube clip 4.30mins The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Health and Human Rights Tasks 2 & 3 as per programme instruction to be submitted on a Word doc under Assignments Title of task Name and student number

Health and Human Rights Task 2 In UCT OpenContent, find the HHR pamphlets on human rights Read pamphlets as designated per group Save a component on Word doc

Health and Human Rights Task 2 How did you know you were allowed to do this? How have you acknowledged the authors?

Health and Human Rights Task 3 Microsoft ClipArt (used under MS service agreement) Refugee image in the public domain (CC BY – SA) by Adam Jones (CC BY) by Vectorportal (CC BY_NC) by pasma Public domain image

Health and Human Rights Share views within small groups Submit online Know your rights & wrongs re Intellectual Property )

Sharing & building knowledge Expanding horizons of knowledge & experiences Openness & transparency Personal agency Building an online Community of Practice Up to date information Benefits Image public domain

Copyright needs to be respected Caution / Protection Images public domain

Summary on Copyright By Rupert Ganzer (CC BY-ND)  Internet is changing the way we learn  Open space with the worldwide web  Wider options through connectivity  Legal considerations are essential  Self regulation is vital

Are we respecting & valuing Copyright ? Thank you OER4Us by Veronica Mitchell and Nicole Southgate is licensed Under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 South Africa LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 South Africa License Except for images from third-parties, where the appropriate license has been stated.

How are we doing as your facilitators in this Copyright conversation ? Evaluation please on SurveyMonkey linkSurveyMonkey ? By Wakalanihttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thumbs_up_by_Wakalani.jpg (CC BY SA)