Leveraging Fair Use, Creative Commons, and the Public Domain for developing Open Educational Resources (OERs) (L, E, A, D, S)

Tuesday, August 20
2 - 2:50 pm
Leveraging Fair Use, Creative Commons, and the Public Domain for developing Open Educational Resources (OERs) (L, E, A, D, S)
Workshop
Would you like to adapt and use Open Educational Resources (OERs) for your course, but are confused by the maze of copyright laws, fair use, public domain, and Creative Commons? This 50-minute workshop will help instructors differentiate between various licensing types and provide some tools for identifying resources to enhance your course materials without the worry of infringement. After completion, participants will be able to:

-Distinguish between copyright, fair use, public domain, and creative commons open licensing

-Apply fair use guidelines to example works

-Recognize criteria for classifying works within the public domain

-Distinguish between different types of Creative Commons open licenses

-Locate resources for obtaining  public domain and open educational materials

-Discuss strategies for adapting OER materials for courses