Find Open Educational Resources

Open licensing

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  How do we know when a resource is 'open' and how is it different from any other educational resource? We know when educational content is 'open' because these resources display an open licence. Open licences reserve specific rights while relaxing others making it easier for educators and course designers to use the resources. Can you decipher the six Creative Commons licences below? 
  

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  A basic knowledge of the specific rights open licences reserve (or not) is important if we want to access, copy or adapt open content. Access the tutorial below to investigate further.

• OER Africa. (2020). Finding Open Content - What is Open Licensing? (CC BY-SA) SCORM package

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  Additional resources

  Consider these resources for enrichment:

• Creative Commons. (2020). Home page. (CC BY) URL

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• Wikipedia. (2020). Creative Commons License (CC BY-SA) URL

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