Open education is an idea, as well as a set of content, practices, policy, and community. The goal of open education is to help everyone in the world access effective, open learning materials without legal, technical, and financial barriers. For the first time in history, educators around the world can create, open, and share high…

Creative Commons powers the open education movement with tools that help create better, more flexible and sustainable open educational resources (OER), practices, and policies. Creative Commons licenses are the most popular open licenses among education projects around the world. This unit will introduce you to the specifics of using CC licenses and CC licensed content…

Additional details on the court cases in section 4.2 In the FedEx Office case, the decision was affirmed by the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, which stated: “In sum, the unambiguous terms of License permit FedEx to copy the Materials on behalf of a school district exercising rights under the License and charge that…

Combining and adapting CC-licensed works is where things can get a little tricky. This lesson will give you the tools you need. “Combination of chilies” by City Foodsters is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Learning Outcomes Describe the basics of what it means to create an adaptation Explain the scope of the ShareAlike clause Explain…

The commons of CC-licensed and public domain works is a plentiful resource available to all of us. When you draw from it, remember to give credit to the creator and follow the other relevant license terms. Learning Outcomes Search for and discover CC-licensed works Give proper attribution when reusing CC-licensed works Big Question / Why…

Applying a CC license alone is not enough to ensure your work is freely available for easy reuse and remix. Censorship Limitations by stevenpb dedicated to the public domain using CC0. Learning Outcomes Explain why CC discourages changing the license terms Explain how a paywall effects CC-licensed content Describe why the technical format of content…

The act of applying a CC license is easy, but there are several important considerations to think through before you do. Learning Outcomes Name the most important considerations before applying a CC license or CC0 Apply a license using CC’s License Chooser and CC0 using CC’s Public Domain Dedication Evaluate which license to apply based…

Creative Commons licenses were carefully crafted to make them legally enforceable in countries around the world. Law Library Stacks photo from Unsplash by Dmitrij Paskevic, free to use under the Unsplash license Learning Outcomes Describe the state of Creative Commons case law Explain the potential benefit of seeking non-legal resolutions to disagreements Big Question /…

There are six different CC licenses, designed to help accommodate the diverse needs of creators while still using simple, standardized terms. Learning Outcomes Explain the CC license suite Describe the different CC license elements Big Question / Why It Matters Why are there so many different Creative Commons licenses? There is no single Creative Commons…

Creative Commons licenses are built on copyright law. That simple fact tells you most of what you need to know about when they do and do not apply, and how long they last. Learning Outcomes Understand how CC works with copyright and why this is important Explain time length of license Big Question / Why…