Greg Grossmeier Open.Michigan The road to Open Educational Resources

“Open Educational Resources”

aka: “Openly Licensed Educational Materials”

OER

what is OER? why OER? open licenses challenges generate OER open.michigan who to talk to

Definition by boundaries: OA OCW eLearning OER &

The difference between: Open Access (OA) and OER.

OA focuses on sharing content, usually of scholarly nature, without a requirement for the use of an Open license OER includes any educational content that is shared under an Open license

OER and OA are friends

OA // OER - buddies OA OER free, permanent, full-text, online access to scientific and scholarly works openly licensed educational content

The difference between: Open Course Ware (OCW) and OER.

OCW focuses on sharing open content that is developed specifically to instruct a course OER includes any educational content that is shared under an open license, whether or not it is a part of a course

OCW is a subset of OER

OCW // OER - overlap OER OCW OCW, single images, general campus lectures, image collections, singular learning modules, paper or article syllabi, lecture notes, presentation slides, assignments, lecture videos - all related to a course

The difference between: eLearning and OER

OER and eLearning: a relationship. eLearning are electronic instructional resources that are not necessarily Openly licensed. OER materials are designed to be the physical or electronic building blocks of instructional resources and are always Openly licensed.

eLearning // OER - intersection OER eLearning intersection represents open, electronic, instructional resources

“Openly Licensed?” comes from the definition...

the OER Definition: “Open educational resources are educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to remix, improve and redistribute.”

From the OER Definition: “Open educational resources are educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to remix, improve and redistribute.”

We'll get to licenses later...

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benefits of OER: for faculty

recognition publish and promote their resources connect with other collaborators extend their reach and visibility

benefits of OER: for the university

The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.

benefits of OER: for the university

In another way...

(academia)

Journals

Books

Source Code

DATA!

teaching resources

All of these things...

can

and arguably should be

shared.

Why?

All of these things...

were built upon

other people's things. “standing on the shoulders....”

But how?

Licenses.

Licenses?

Yes, licenses.

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There are many types...

Non-Software Licenses: Creative Commons GNU Free Documentation License Software Licenses: GPL Apache BSD

OER *mostly* uses Creative Commons Licenses

Creative Commons

?

Creative Commons: licenses

Public Domain All Rights Reserved Some rights reserved: a spectrum. least restrictivemost restrictive

But...

the OER Definition: “Open educational resources are educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to re- mix, improve and redistribute.”

OER Creative Commons: licenses X X

Public Domain All Rights Reserved Some rights reserved: a spectrum for OER least restrictivemost restrictive XX XX XX

what is OER? why OER? Open Licenses challenges generate OER open.michigan who to talk to

reducing risk OER production typically involves three main policy concerns

main policy concerns :: copyright : U.S. law grants limited exclusive rights to authors of creative works :: endorsement : avoiding the appearance of endorsing a 3 rd party :: privacy : the protection of patient and student privacy

Really though, it's mostly

Artwork these images used under section 107, U.S. copyright law: fair use

Illustrations: Cartoons these images used under section 107, U.S. copyright law: fair use

Illustrations: Chemical Representations

Drawings and Diagrams some of these images used under section 107, U.S. copyright law: fair use

Charts

Graphs

Graphics some of these images used under section 107, U.S. copyright law: fair use

Scientific Images

Ads, CD/Book/Movie Covers, Screenshots some of these images used under section 107, U.S. copyright law: fair use

Photographs some of these images used under section 107, U.S. copyright law: fair use

Text: Quotes, Passages, Poems The Mesh We have come to the cross-roads And I must either leave or come with you. I lingered over the choice But in the darkness of my doubts You lifted the lamp of love And I saw in your face The road that I should take. - Kwesi Brew some of these excerpts used under section 107, U.S. copyright law: fair use

dealing with issues :: retainment : keeping the content because it is licensed under an Open license or is in the public domain :: replacement : you may want to replace content that is not Openly licensed (and thus not shareable) :: removal : you may need to remove content due to privacy, endorsement or copyright concerns

what is OER? why OER? Open Licenses challenges generate OER open.michigan who to talk to

It's easy, I promise.

Start now by making a small change in how you create your own content.

Mostly: When possible, use only Openly Licensed (or Public Domain) Content

102 the extra information : author name : link to content : license name : link to license

Lady Finger Learning about Orchids phalaenopsisphalaenopsis CC:BY audreyjm529 (flickr) Phalaenopsis Lady Finger OrchidLady Finger Orchid CC:BY aussiegall (flickr) A Phalaenopsis hybrid A Phalaenopsis hybrid CC:BY-SA Zizonus (flickr)

Image courtesy of Herbert L. Fred, MD and Hendrik A. van Dijk - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

Some “otherwise noted” content The Creative Commons cartoons: CC:BY Ryan Junell “IMG_1633” - sigmaman Public Domainsigmamanhttp:// “christina, cal class of '08” - bittermelon CC:BY-NCbittermelonhttp:// “The Path of Least Resistance” - NazarethCollege CC:BYNazarethCollege “for squirrels and chipmunks, practice makes perfect” - emdot CC:BYemdot “books in a stack (a stack of books)” - austinevan CC:BYaustinevan “Real Academia” – fernando garcía redondo – - CC:BYfernando garcía redondohttp:// “I Love To Share – 2009” - creativecommons CC:BYcreativecommons “and more servers” - mysterbee CC:BY-SAmysterbeehttp:// “IXS_1916” - acme CC:BYacmehttp:// “Dr. Kevin Padian talk - From Dinosaurs to Birds: How Did It Happen?” - mikebaird CC:BYmikebaird

License your materials

/ November 9, 2009 / a Presentation to SPH Faculty Copyright © 2009 The Regents of the University of Michigan Greg Grossmeier Creating Open Educational Resources Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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We help content creators maximize the return on digital resources by helping make these resources free and open for use and reuse by people worldwide. a student driven do-it-yourself and distributed method of generating OER Open Source Software used to manage the process of generating OER

Faculty from: College of Engineering LSA Public Policy Dentistry Education Information Medical Nursing Public Health

What do these OERs look like?

“This is a really good presentation. Very clear and I like your examples and excel sheet calculations. Thank you for the great lecture.” “My teacher did not explain as clear as you did.” “Thanks for this video. Very well explained and with examples.”

what is OER? why OER? Open Licenses challenges generate OER open.michigan who to talk to

Who to talk to

OER Let’s do it right from the start. CC: BY-SA Phil McElhinney (flickr)

Questions? open.umich.edu lib.umich.edu/copyright

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Some “otherwise noted” content Many slides in this presentation were produced in collaboration with Garin Fons, Pieter Kleymeer, Kathleen Ludewig, and Susan Topol. The Creative Commons cartoons: CC:BY Ryan Junell “IMG_1633” - sigmaman Public Domainsigmamanhttp:// “christina, cal class of '08” - bittermelon CC:BY-NCbittermelonhttp:// “The Path of Least Resistance” - NazarethCollege CC:BYNazarethCollege “for squirrels and chipmunks, practice makes perfect” - emdot CC:BYemdot “books in a stack (a stack of books)” - austinevan CC:BYaustinevan “Real Academia” – fernando garcía redondo – - CC:BYfernando garcía redondohttp:// “I Love To Share – 2009” - creativecommons CC:BYcreativecommons “and more servers” - mysterbee CC:BY-SAmysterbeehttp:// “IXS_1916” - acme CC:BYacmehttp:// “Dr. Kevin Padian talk - From Dinosaurs to Birds: How Did It Happen?” - mikebaird CC:BYmikebaird