OPEN CONTENT LICENSING FOR EDUCATORS

Description

Access to education is a fundamental human right. Open educational resources (OER) provides a viable solution to widening access to education for all students worldwide. In today’s world, where the cost of replicating digital information is near zero, there are unprecedented opportunities to realise the vision of education for all.  In this course , the participants will explore the meaning of OER and the free legal tools at a disposal to share teaching materials. This course supports the implementation of the UNESCO 2012 Paris OER Declaration which encourages member states to release teaching materials funded with public money under open licenses.

This course is designed for educators and students who want to learn more about open educational resources, copyright, and creative commons licenses. This course will help you to:

   - Reflect on the practice of sharing knowledge in education and the permissions educators consider fair and reasonable;
   - Define what constitutes an open educational resource (OER);
   - Explain how international copyright functions in a digital world;
   - Distinguish the types of Creative Commons licenses and explain how they support open education approaches;
   - Acquire the prerequisite knowledge required by educators to legally remix open education materials and help institutions to take informed
     decisions about open content licenses;
   - Use social media technologies to support your learning;
   - Connect with educators around the world to share thoughts and experiences in relation to copyright, OER and Creative Commons.


Eligibility

Anyone is free to participate in this course, although it is designed for educators who want to learn more about open education resources, copyright, and creative commons licenses. An internet connection and basic web browsing skills are recommended with the ability to create a blog and microblog account (instructions and self-study tutorials provided).

Learners aiming to submit assessments for formal academic credit will need to meet the normal university admission requirements of the conferring institution (language proficiency and school leaving certificates).  Learners aiming for the 3rd year Bachelor level are advised to have completed the majority of their 2nd year level subjects to have sufficient capability and experience for preparing assignments for 3rd year level of Bachelor study.


Costs

Open Content Licensing for Educators is a free micro Open Online Course (mOOC).


Deadline: 04 February 2014

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