Open educational resources are a licensed resource that allows creators to freely share their work under licences with others on flexible terms. These licences are called Creative Common (CC) licences. CC Licences are a way of legally allowing others to use your material but with certain conditions attached There are several different types of CC licences with different permissions associated. Most of the licences allow re-use for non commercial purposes with some not allowing changes such as re-mixing or adaptation.
It is important with open education resources that you check the CC licences before using the material.
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The infographic below shows the spectrum of openness from the most to least open options:
Figure 4.8: Creative Commons license spectrumLinks to an external site. by Shaddim, licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence.Links to an external site.
The six licences below are the ones you are most likely to see. They are a mix and match of the licence elements. The table below summarises the conditions attached to each licence standard. It is recommended that you read the full licence before using it.
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Every CC licence is based around a combination of four 'optional' licence elements allowing the creator to select how they want others to use their work. CC material can be used by licensees in any work they like, providing they adhere to the specific licence conditions.
Each element has its own icon and abbreviation, making them easy to identify.
Unsure which Creative Commons Licence to assign to your OER?
Use the CC License Chooser to identify the correct licence for your work.
When using OERs, the original creator of the resource must be attributed. This Creative Commons Australia resource explains how to properly attribute the creator.
You can use the attribution builder tool below to generate the correct attribution for the OER resource you are using. As you fill out the fields, the app will automatically generate the attribution for you.
Flickr HTML attribution code generator: This tool will generate the appropriate attribution to put under your image if using it in Learnline or in a web page. Simply just copy and paste the Flickr image URL into the search box, select "Get Code" and the generator will do the rest.
Open Education Licensing Toolkit A toolkit designed by UTAS and Swinburne to assist in identifying and creating OER resources. Guidance is suggested in relation to the attribution of OER's by accessing the 'Sharing a resource' link on the page shown below.
