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 and relax others making it easier for educators and course designers to use the resources. Can you decipher the six Creative Commons licences below?
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.
Once you are comfortable with what each of the Creative Commons licences mean, the next step is to go out and find the resources that have these licenses. Sadly, there is no one-stop shop where you might go to search for, and collect, open content. We need to use various search techniques in order to source the open educational resources (OER) that carry the Creative Commons (CC) licenses.
