Further Reading
Want to learn more? Browse through these other resources which are designed to provide a more in-depth look at open and OERs.
General resources
The OER Starter Kit (Iowa State University)
This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education.
Open Educational Resources (UBC)
The Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE) is intended for faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students with an interest in open research, open access, open data, and open education. In this unit, participants will examine issues related to open educational resources (OER), open licensing, and open pedagogy. Topics covered include finding and creating OER, understanding the variety of Creative Commons licenses, and engaging students as open knowledge creators.
Licensing
Open licensing is a complex topic, but it’s important to have a good understanding of your copyrights for the work you create, as well as the works you use, modify, and share. BCcampus has shared several articles that provide additional insight and information about open licensing and Creative Commons, and the Open Education team is an excellent resource for questions regarding copyright and open licensing.
- Creative Commons & Open Licences for Authors
- Open licenses and financial remuneration in education
- Give and take: how an open copyright policy improves post-secondary institutions
- Copyright and Open Licences: an excerpt from the BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide
From What are Creative Commons and Open Licences? by BCcampus, licensed under CC-BY
