Dr. Cable Green, Director of Open Education at Creative Commons, provides an overview of open licensing and OER which can be applied to CBHE projects, and practical examples on how to deal with the Erasmus+ Open Access requirement, in terms of how to use Creative Commons licenses, an overview of the 6 type of CC licenses, and which types of license are suitable for OER to ensure that publicly funded materials provide value to the general public and to ensure long-term access to the results.

1. Dr. Cable Green
Director of Open Education
cable@creativecommons.org
@cgreen

2. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

3. education is sharing

4. unprecedented capacity

5. except, we can’t

6. ©

7. Internet
Enables
Copyright
Forbids

8. open ≈ free ?

9. open ≈ free

10. open = free, precarious, rigid

11. open = permissions

12. • Make and own a copyRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
The 5R Activities

14. Nonprofit organization
Open copyright licenses
Founded in 2001
Operates worldwide
Chapters

16. Step 1: Choose Conditions
Attribution
ShareAlike
NonCommercial
NoDerivatives

17. Step 2: Get a License

18. puts the “open” in OER

20. perpetual, irrevocable permissions

21. Open Educational Resources
Any kind of teaching materials – textbooks,
syllabi, lesson plans, videos, readings, exams

22. Open Educational Resources
Permissions to engage in the 5R activities provides:
• Free access / eliminate price barrier to content
• Enable new open education practices

23. OER Definition
Open Educational Resources (OER) are
teaching, learning and research materials in
any medium that reside in the public domain
or have been released under an open license
that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation
and redistribution by others.
*Adapted from UNESCO OER definition.

24. ERASMUS+
OPEN ACCESS REQUIREMENT
FOR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

25. Erasmus+ promotes the open access of project outputs to support learning,
teaching, training, and youth work. In particular, Erasmus+ beneficiaries are
committed to make any educational resources and tools which are produced in the
context of projects supported by the Programme - documents, media, software or
other materials freely available for the public under an open license. The materials
should be easily accessible and retrievable without cost or limitations, and the
open licence must allow the public to use, reuse, adapt and share the resource.
Such materials are known as ‘Open Educational Resources’ (OER). To achieve this
aim, the resources should be uploaded in an editable digital form, on a suitable
and openly accessible platform. While Erasmus+ encourages beneficiaries to apply
the most open licenses, beneficiaries may choose licenses that impose some
limitations, e.g. restrict commercial use by others, or commit others to apply the
same license on derivative works, if this is appropriate to the nature of the project
and to the type of material, and if it still allows the public to use, reuse, adapt and
share the resource. The open access requirement is obligatory and is without
prejudice to the intellectual property rights of the grant beneficiaries.

26. Erasmus+ promotes the open access of project outputs to support learning,
teaching, training, and youth work. In particular, Erasmus+ beneficiaries are
committed to make any educational resources and tools which are produced in the
context of projects supported by the Programme - documents, media, software or
other materials freely available for the public under an open license.
The open access requirement is obligatory and is without prejudice to the
intellectual property rights of the grant beneficiaries.
Requirement

27. Publicly funded
resources should be
openly licensed
resources.

28. The materials should be easily accessible and retrievable without cost or
limitations, and the open licence must allow the public to use, reuse, adapt and
share the resource.
While Erasmus+ encourages beneficiaries to apply the most open licenses,
beneficiaries may choose licenses that impose some limitations, e.g. restrict
commercial use by others, or commit others to apply the same license on
derivative works, if this is appropriate to the nature of the project and to the type
of material, and if it still allows the public to use, reuse, adapt and share the
resource.
Open License Options

29. most freedom
least freedom
Not OER
Not compliant
OER / Open licenses
compliant with
Erasmus+ requirement

30. Such materials are known as ‘Open Educational Resources’ (OER). To achieve this
aim, the resources should be uploaded in an editable digital form, on a suitable
and openly accessible platform.
How to Share the OER

31. Join the CC
Open Education
Platform!
https://creativecommons.org/2017/09/05/invitation-join-cc-open-education-platform

32. CC CERTIFICATE
certificates.creativecommons.org

33. Dr. Cable Green
Director of Open Education
Creative Commons
@cgreen