Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for OpenCourseWare
This document is a code of best practices designed to help those preparing OpenCourseWare (OCW) to interpret and apply fair use under United States copyright law. The OCW movement, which is part of the larger Open Educational Resources (OER) movement, was pioneered in 2002, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched its OpenCourseWare initiative, making course materials... more
Defining Noncommercial: A Study of How the Online Population Understands "Noncommercial Use"
In 2008-09, Creative Commons commissioned a study from a professional market research firm to explore understandings of the terms "commercial use" and "noncommercial use" among Internet users when used in the context of content found online. The empirical findings suggest that creators and users approach the question of noncommercial use similarly and that overall, online U.S. creators and... more
Academic tribes: reflections on teaching large classes
This article is a reflective essay on teaching a large class of undergraduate students at the University of Durban-Westville. The class consists of 280 students in the fourth year of university training for the teaching profession. more
Open Educational Resources Policy Background - Brigham Young University. IPT 692R :: Summer 2009
Although this document contains some of the religious ideology of the Brigham Young University, some of their staff are leading thinkers in open education resources theory. The policy document is therefore a useful reference for OERAfrica more
Open Access Policy Background - Brigham Young University. IPT 692R :: Summer 2009
Although this document begins with the religious ideology of Brigham Young University, it provides a useful analysis of the status of open access at universities in the United States of America. more
ACEMaths
The aim of SAIDE ACEMaths project was to pilot a collaborative process for the selection, adaptation and use of OER materials for teacher education programmes in South Africa. Over a period of two years we adapted, piloted and revised a set of materials on the teaching and learning of maths for teacher education. These are now available for downloading FOR FREE in two formats - for printing... more
Creating Learning Materials for Open and Distance Learning: A Handbook for Authors and Instructional Designers
This handbook has been written for anyone who plans and writes learning materials for use in open and distance learning (ODL). Anyone who is interested in producing better ODL materials will find something of value in this handbook. more
Course Review Instrument
This template provides guidelines for reviewing course materials. more
Module First Level Evaluation Template
We have included detailed explanations, as well as sample responses to these sets of questions. This questionnaire is designed to be completed digitally, as then adequate space can be created for all responses. If it is to be used as a hard copy, we suggest that additional photocopies of these pages be made in advance. more
Materials Development Contract - Example
This is an example contract for materials development projects more
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