5 Content for Module 2
Image for Module 2
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Warm-Up Activity
Please read the FAQ Online Course Materials and Copyright (PDF) and complete the following questionnaire before viewing the pre-recorded lecture for Module 2. This task is recommended, but not required and will take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Questionnaire Questions
Your answers to this brief questionnaire will only be viewed by the program facilitators.
1. How would you describe your knowledge of open licences, such as Creative Commons licences?
- Excellent
- Very Good
- Good
- Poor
2. Have you ever licensed any of your educational materials with a Creative Commons licence?
- Yes
- No
3. List any questions you have about open licensing that you hope will be answered in Module 2.
- Allow for open-ended responses
Pre-Recorded Lecture for Module 2: Copyright and Open Licensing
After you complete the pre-recorded lecture content, you will be able to:
- Define key Canadian copyright protections as they relate to creators of academic and/or creative works.
- Describe how Creative Commons licences provide a standardized approach for granting more permissive copyright permissions for academic and creative works.
- Explain how Creative Commons licences facilitate the creation of OER and describe the permissions provided by the most commonly used Creative Commons licences (i.e. CC BY, CC BY-NC)
- Create a well-structured Creative Commons licence statement for the open component of your OER project.
- Transcript to videos in pre-recorded lecture (new tab)
- Slides for Pre-recorded lecture (Google Slides – new tab)
Building Block Activity
Introduction:
In the pre-recorded lecture for Module 2 we discussed Creative Commons licences and how they can be used to create OER. This building block activity (approximately 15 minutes) will help you learn more about incorporating other OER into your own project and combining content that uses different Creative Commons licences.
Instructions:
Watch Part 2 of this video from the Orange Grove Repository on combining OER licences (5 minutes).
Video Attribution: The Orange Grove Repository. (2012, September 5). Creating OER and combining licenses – Full [Video file]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/Hkz4q2yuQU8 / Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported licence
Answer the following questions (10 minutes):
1. Which Creative Commons licence do you plan on using for your OER project? Why does this licence appeal to you?
2. Based on the above video, what are some challenges you may experience when using other OER in your project (i.e., openly licensed images, photos, exercises, etc.)
Recommended Due Date:
[Due date]
Additional Resources
Canadian Copyright Resources:
York University. (2020). Copyright @ York. https://copyright.info.yorku.ca/
- This website was prepared by York’s Copyright Office and provides official university guidance on copyright related questions.
- Includes video modules on fair dealing, history of Canadian copyright, open licensing and Creative Commons
- Includes seven short modules on Canadian copyright basics, as well as links to fair dealing assessment tools.
Creative Commons licences:
- Describes the four Creative Commons licence components and discusses why some Creative Commons licences are not compatible with creating OER.
- This interactive module describes the four elements of Creative Commons licences and how they are combined to create six different licensing options.
- This module covers the differences between collections of Creative Commons licensed works and remixes / adaptations of Creative Commons licensed works. It also provides licensing basics for Creative Commons remixes and adaptations.
Creative Commons Attribution best practices:
Aesoph, L. M. (2020). Chapter 21: Citation vs. attribution. In Self-publishing guide. BCcampus.
- Describes how the practice of academic citation differs from the practice of creating attributions for openly-licensed content.
- Provides attribution best practices for websites, blogs, offline documents, images, presentations, videos, audio, and datasets that use a Creative Commons licence.
