Wednesday, April 2, 2014

3.1.1 Open Educational Resources & Creative Commons

Definition of open educational resources:
Online teaching and learning resources that are available to all free of charge. Examples may include: course modules, syllabi, lecture, quizzes, class assignments, games, simulations, etc.

When searching for open educational resources, it is important to understand the various creative common licenses you may encounter.
A rights holder may choose:
Attribution--allows others to use your work, but they must give you credit the way you request
NoCommercial--you let others use and modify your work but not for commercial use
ShareAlike--you let others use and modify your work but they must share the modified work under your terms
NoDerivatives--others may use your work, but if they want to modify, they must get your permission

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