COPYRIGHT
Ben West
What are Open Educational Resources
Why use OER?
• It eliminates unnecessary duplication of effort by building on existing content
• It removes costs of copyright negotiation and clearance
• Over time, it can engage open communities of practice in on-going quality improvement and assurance2
What to find out more about OER Commons? Go to http://www.oercommons.org/
Why use OER?
• It eliminates unnecessary duplication of effort by building on existing content
• It removes costs of copyright negotiation and clearance
• Over time, it can engage open communities of practice in on-going quality improvement and assurance2
What to find out more about OER Commons? Go to http://www.oercommons.org/
Creative Commons
Creative Commons (CC) is an internationally active
non-profit organisation that provides free licences
for creators to use when making their work available
to the public. These licences help the creator to give
permission for others to use the work in advance
under certain conditions.
CC provides six core licences, each of which allows
members of the pubic to use the material in different
ways. While there are different CC licences, all CC
licences include certain standard rights and obligations.