Reuse, Repurpose and Creating OER & Licence

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are free teaching and learning materials made available under open licenses such as Creative Commons

1. ReUse, Repurpose and Creating Oer by Dr S Rasmally Bahadoor Roshan Boodnah Anisha Badal-Caussy 1 "Reuse, Repurpose and Creating OER"  by  Roshan Boodnah, Sakinah Bahadoor & Anisha Badal-Caussy  is licensed under  CC BY 4.0

2. Agenda Mainstreaming OER Finding OER Building Attribution Creating & Publishing OER 2

3. Adapting OER Revise / modify /  customise OER as per your course curriculum Use the phrase “Adapted from … or “Adapted from the following sources…”  NoDerivatives  (ND) licensed (CC BY-ND / CC BY-NC-ND) OER  do not permit remixing except for private use permit redistribute copies NonCommercial  licensed OER (CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-SA / CC BY-NC-ND)  do not permit  remix for commercial purposes

4. Remixable CC Licenses

5. Finding OER - Text Sources of OER Open Courses & Course Materials Open Textbooks OER By Discipline

6. Finding OER Navigate to https://www.google.co.in/ Search using a keyword Pull down Settings  Click on Advanced search Scroll down to Usage rights section Use the drop-down to choose CC licenses Click on the Advanced Search button

7. Building Attribution: Attributing OER​ Title  – What is the name of the material?  Author – Who owns the material?  Source – Where can I find it? License – How can I use it? 

8. Attribution Builder “Open Attribution Builder”   by   Open Washington ,  SBCTC   is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Applicable for all types of CC-licensed materials  As you fill out the form the application will automatically generate the attribution for you 8

9. Open Washington: open Attribution Builder 9

10. Creating and Publishing OER How do I create OER? Navigate to CC License Chooser http://creativecommons.org/choose/ Choose the license features Generate the license Copy the CC license and paste on your work 10

11. OER Publishing Platforms 11

12. Copyright vs License Copyright (a form of) intellectual ownership License permission or consent from the copyright owner to use the copyrighted work grants permissions, but sometimes with some restrictions specifies what can and cannot be done with a work 10/2/2025

13. Open Licenses A set of conditions applied to an original work to grant permission for anyone make use of that work at no cost build on it, customize it or improve it with no or minimal restrictions as long as they follow the conditions of the license A work  refers to – an original creation protected with copyright document, image, video, song, or software Common open licenses Creative Commons for written works, music, visual and other artistic expressions GNU Free Documentation License  for software documentation 10/2/2025

14. Creative Commons (CC) 10/2/2025

15. Understanding Open Education & OER 15 A collection of practices that utilize technologies & tools that facilitate collaborative, flexible learning and open sharing of teaching-learning practices Click on Open Education Matters: Why is it important to share content? Open Education Matters: Why is it important to share content?  by  Nadia Mireles  is licensed under  CC BY 3.0

16. Open educational Resources: 5 Rs of OER 16 Retain - right to make, own, and control copies of the content Reuse - right to use the content in a wide range of ways Revise - right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself Remix - right to combine the original or revised content with other open content to create something new Redistribute - right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others

17. Copyright and License 17 Copyright (a form of) intellectual ownership License permission or consent from the copyright owner to use the copyrighted work grants permissions, but sometimes with some restrictions specifies what can and cannot be done with a work

18. Copyright vs Creative Commons (CC) 18

19. Copyright vs Creative Commons (CC) 19

20. 4 Basic CC License Elements 10/2/2025 20 License Component  Description  Attribution (BY)  Attribution must be given to the creator of the copyright work Share Alike (SA)  Permits others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to that of the original work Non-commercial (NC)  Permits others to copy, distribute, reuse the work, including any derivative works based upon it – but for non-commercial purposes only No Derivative Works (ND)  Permits others to copy, distribute, display and perform exact copies of the work only, but cannot make derivative works based upon it

21. Creative Commons Core Licenses 10/2/2025 21 6 CC Licenses   Attribution            Attribution — NonCommercial Attribution — ShareAlike   Attribution — NonCommercial — ShareAlike Attribution — NoDerivs Attribution — NonCommercial — NoDerivs All CC licenses require that users provide attribution (BY) to the creator

22. Most Open to Least Open CC Licence About the Licenses , Creative Commons is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 . 10/2/2025

23. CC0 | Public Domain 23 Works with licenses expired or are explicitly released with no restriction on their usage Allows copyright owners to release their works with no restrictions at all Apply CC0 to your own work, not to another person’s work

24. Types of OER & Usage by Academics Open textbooks Full courses & course modules Multimedia & interactive content Quizzes Games Ancillary Material (e.g. lecture notes, lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, assignments, and activities) 24

25. Finding OER - Images 10/2/2025 25

26. Finding OER – Images Flickr (download & embed) Google Images Pixabay CC0 1.0 (public domain - free for commercial use No attribution required) Wikimedia Commons (download & embed) CC Openverse ( Images & Music) Open Clipart CC0 1.0 (public domain)

27. Finding OER Images on Google Google Images https://www.google.com/advanced_image_search In the ‘all these words’ box, type what you want to search Scroll down to ‘Usage rights’ Choose ‘free to use or share’ Click on the ‘Advanced Search’ button 10/2/2025 27

28. Finding OER Images on Flickr Flickr Navigate to https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ Click “See more” under any types of CC collections Type your keyword in the search box / browse popular tags Click on the image you need Check the license setting on the right side. If it says “ Some Rights Reserved, ” it means it is Creative Commons licensed and is safe to use. Click the Download icon to view different sizes options 10/2/2025 28

29. Finding OER Images on Wikimedia & Pixabay Wikimedia Commons A media repository for Creative Commons-licensed photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text, video clips etc. Created and maintained by volunteers Navigate to https://commons.wikimedia.org Check the license on the image description page before reusing Useful for embedding in LMS Pixabay Images are released under CC0 Free for commercial use No attribution required Navigate to https://pixabay.com 10/2/2025 29

30. CC Search / Openverse R ebranded CC Search as Openverse Openverse is a WordPress search engine for CC-licensed/ public domain media Find images and audio files Navigate to wordpress.org/ openverse /   Search using a keyword Apply filters

31. | CC0 Licensed Images Pixabay Pexels Unsplash Negative Space Public Domain Pictures New Old Stock My Stock Photos Pickup Image SplitShire 31

32. Attribution Example – Image ​ ​ Title:  Social Media Icons in Powder Tins Author:  Mike Corbett Source: https://flic.kr/p/29Kkshj License: CC BY 2.0  License deed URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0  Social Media Icons in Powder Tins by Mike Corbett is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Attribution generated using    Open Attribution Builder   by   Open Washington ,  SBCTC   is licensed under   CC BY 4.0

33. Finding OER - Videos 10/2/2025 33

34. Finding OER Videos on YouTube & Vimeo YouTube Navigate to https://www.youtube.com Type in keyword in the search box Apply the Filter Creative Commons listed under Features Choose an appropriate video In the video description, click on ‘ Show More ’ to check the license YouTube default CC License – CC BY 3.0 Vimeo Navigate to https://vimeo.com/watch Type in key word Expand ‘ More Filters ’ to choose a CC license Choose an appropriate video & check the license 10/2/2025 34

35. Attribution Example – Video​ Title: What is Blended Learning ? Author:  Frederic Skrzypek Source: https://youtu.be/lIh4jJlvF44 License: CC BY 3.0 License deed URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 What is Blended Learning ? by Frederic Skrzypek is licensed under CC BY 3.0 Attribution generated using    Open Attribution Builder   by   Open Washington ,  SBCTC   is licensed under   CC BY 4.0

36. Creative Commons Licences Explained 10/2/2025 36 Source: Creative Commons Kiwi  by plccanz , CC-BY

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