Title: Activity 2.4 - Hypothetically assigning an OER license to your Work
Course: Working with Open Educational Resources (OERs) > Section: Topic 2: Understanding Creative Commons Licensing

Aim: To reflect on which (if any) CC license you think may be suitable for a real teaching and learning resource that you have developed previously

Motivation: To gain an understanding of what the implications are for licensing your own work under Creative Commons.

Tools: Discussion forum

Task: Assigning a license hypothetically to one of your own resources

Resources: An educational resource that you have developed yourself previously – could be a text document or a rich media resource (video, audio, slides etc).

What to do:

- Identify a teaching resource that you have developed yourself and think that it may be useful to other educators.
- Decide what type of CC license you may like to use should you choose to publish it as an OER.
- Provide reasons for your decision.

How:

- Examine the chosen resource thoroughly, taking note of what is your own original work, and what has been referenced from other work.
- Follow up on the ‘other’ work as referenced: Locate the license and copyright conditions for reusing this work.
- Note the wording of permissions and restrictions that apply to this outside resource and decide if you will be able to reuse or adapt this resource under the terms of the license.
- Contribute this information to the forum, describing your own resource, motivating for the type of license that you would like to use and providing reasons for your decision

Duration: One hour (60 minutes)

Feedback:

- Read and respond constructively to at least one other persons’ contribution.
- Read the other peoples’ responses to your own contribution and reflect on the comments

Assessment: Completion of this activity will count towards your course portfolio.