1. Defining OER Olivia Reinauer OpenVA, May 2, 2015

2. What are Open Educational Resources? “Open educational resources are educational materials (e.g., course textbooks, research articles, videos, assessments, simulations, etc.) that are either (a) licensed under an open copyright license (e.g. Creative Commons) or (b) in the public domain” (Wiley & Green, 2012). Libre vs. Gratis -Gratis = Library databases (sort of), some Web content -Gratis + Libre = OER 5 R’s

3. The 5 R’s 1.Retain 2.Reuse 3.Revise 4.Remix 5.Redistribute

4. Creative Commons Formed in response to “© All rights reserved” –1978, US copyright registration requirement dropped –Current term is life of the author +70 years Creative Commons allows copyright holders to share their work through a set of customizable licenses

5. CC Licenses "Rsnz-creative-commons" by Creative Commons Aotearoa. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped from original.Rsnz-creative-commonsCreative Commons AotearoaCC BY 3.0

6. Why OER? (in addition to affordability) Philosophy of openness Pedagogical benefits –Customization, flexibility –Student involvement –No Fair Use confusion

7. Thank you Creative Commons Defining the “open” in open content. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://opencontent.org/definitionhttp://opencontent.org/definition Kleinman, M. (2008). The beauty of “some rights reserved”: Introducing Creative Commons to librarians, faculty, and students. College & Research Libraries News, 69(10), 594-597. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/69/10/594.full.pdf+htmlhttp://crln.acrl.org/content/69/10/594.full.pdf+html TEDx Talks. (2010, April 12). TEDxNYED – David Wiley – 03/06/10. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/Rb0syrgsH6M https://youtu.be/Rb0syrgsH6M Wiley, D. & Green, C. (2012). Why openness in education? In Diana Oblinger (Ed.), Game changers: Education and information technologies (pp. 81-88). Educause. Retrieved from https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub7203.pdf https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub7203.pdf Sources Consulted: