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Open Educational Resources: Licensing, Practice, and Adoption

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Summary

This lesson introduces open educational resources (OER), what makes a resource open, and why definitions may differ. These ideas matter because online availability alone does not guarantee that a resource can be adapted or shared.

OER are teaching, learning, and research materials that are in the public domain or released under an open license that permits reuse for educational purposes. UNESCO's 2019 definition emphasizes tools such as open licensing that allow free reuse, continuous improvement, and repurposing by others.

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What are open educational resources (OER)?
Teaching, learning, or research materials in the public domain or under an open license that permits use and, depending on the license, reuse, adaptation, or sharing.
What does Retain mean in the 5Rs?
The right to make, own, and control copies of a resource, such as downloading or storing it.
How do Revise and Remix differ?
Revise means changing or adapting a resource. Remix means combining it with other material to create something new.
What does Redistribute permit?
Sharing copies of the original resource, a revised version, or a remix with other people.
Why is free online access not enough to establish that a resource is OER?
A resource may be viewable online but remain under restrictive copyright. OER status depends on public-domain status or permissions granted by an open license.

Quiz questions

  1. What makes a resource an OER rather than simply an online educational resource?Answer: It is in the public domain or has an open license permitting relevant uses.
  2. What distinguishes an open source educational resource (OSER) from an OER distributed only as a finished PDF?Answer: Its editable source files are publicly available.
  3. Which four areas are organized by the COUP framework for OER research?Answer: Cost, Outcomes, Usage, and Perceptions.
  4. What makes OER-enabled pedagogy possible or practical?Answer: Permissions in open licenses, especially those supporting the 5Rs.
  5. Why should educators evaluate resources found in an OER repository before using them?Answer: Repositories aid discovery, but resources may vary in license, accessibility, accuracy, and suitability.

Based on the Wikipedia article Open educational resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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