3,201
edits
Teaching Approaches/Adapting and sharing resources: Difference between revisions
From OER in Education
Teaching Approaches/Adapting and sharing resources (view source)
Revision as of 15:15, 13 October 2012
, 13 years agono edit summary
SimonKnight (talk | contribs) |
SimonKnight (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
==Why OER== | ==Why OER== | ||
With OER you are free to | {{adaptedfrom|Wikieducator|DefiningOER|With OER you are free to | ||
* Reuse - Use the work verbatim (unaltered), without having to ask | * Reuse - Use the work verbatim (unaltered), without having to ask | ||
* Revise - Alter or transform the work to meet your | * Revise - Alter or transform the work to meet your | ||
* Remix - Combine the (verbatim or altered) work with other works for enhanced | * Remix - Combine the (verbatim or altered) work with other works for enhanced | ||
* Redistribute - Share the verbatim, reworked, or remixed work with others. | * Redistribute - Share the verbatim, reworked, or remixed work with others. | ||
(Wiley, 2007) | (Wiley, 2007)}} | ||
==Creative Commons and Open Government Licence== | ==Creative Commons and Open Government Licence== | ||
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
=Copyright= | =Copyright= | ||
==How to Stay Within the Law== | ==How to Stay Within the Law== | ||
{{adaptedfrom|Copyright: keep it legal/Resource|CopyrightWithinTheLaw|Everyone has favourite websites they use to find information | {{adaptedfrom|Copyright: keep it legal/Resource|CopyrightWithinTheLaw|Everyone has favourite websites they use to find information. When you use these sources to find useful-looking material, apart from making sure that it is of good quality, you also need to take account of the conditions surrounding its use. Simply being on the web does not make something freely available to use in all circumstances. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), of which copyright is just one part (along with Patents, Designs and Trademarks) protect the creators of ideas. Materials that are in some way ‘fixed’ like text, music, pictures, sound recordings and web pages, are protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may often have an accompanying symbol (©) and/or legal statement. | ||
In most circumstances, works protected by copyright can only be used – and ‘used’ can mean copied, scanned, distributed, stored, adapted, broadcasted or shown - in whole or in part with the permission of the owner. You are personally responsible if you use material without having the necessary permissions and could face prosecution and a hefty fine. You also have a moral duty to act as a good role model to the students in your care in order to help them recognise the importance of keeping legal. | In most circumstances, works protected by copyright can only be used – and ‘used’ can mean copied, scanned, distributed, stored, adapted, broadcasted or shown - in whole or in part with the permission of the owner. You are personally responsible if you use material without having the necessary permissions and could face prosecution and a hefty fine. You also have a moral duty to act as a good role model to the students in your care in order to help them recognise the importance of keeping legal. | ||
