Title: Topic 2: Understanding Creative Commons Licensing
Course: Working with Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Introduction

Educational materials that are made available online are by default copyrighted to their creator, author or the copyright holder. However, OERs which are made available at no cost to a user include an open license that guides the user as to how that are permitted to use the resource. The most common open licensing is done through an organisation called Creative Commons (CC). In this unit we will discuss the relationship between Creative Commons licenses and OERs, identify different possible licenses for OERs and how to apply these licenses.

Objectives

At the end of this topic you should be able to:

- Describe the Creative Commons licenses
- Describe the relationship between CC and OER
- Identify different licenses on OERs
- Apply different licenses on OERs

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