Open Educational Resources

David Wiley, PhDDepartment of Instructional Psychology & Technology

Brigham Young University

The Briefest Possible Introduction

From slow, expensive copies to fast, inexpensive copies

The Gutenberg Difference

From fast, inexpensive copies to instantaneous, free copies

The Internet Difference

education blesses people’s lives,and

we can make instant, free copies of materials,then

what kind of ethical obligation do we have?

If...

Just because you can copy doesn’t mean you’re allowed to

Small (c) Problems

Hacking (c) to leverage the nonrivalrous nature of digital educational materials

Open Educational Resources

Providing users a collection of rights called “the four R’s” - for free

Open, adj.

Reuse - verbatim copies

Redistribute - share copies

Revise - make adaptations

Remix - combinations / mashups

The 4Rs

Communicate 4R Permissions

Since this overrides default copyright,only a copyright license can grant

Offers easy to use 4Rs licenses

Check the “Copyright Statement” or “Terms of Use”! Without a CC license

you will (likely) not have 4R permissions.

Free = Open

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CC Licensed Items Online (Millions)

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Declining Budgets and No Bail Out

More and more institutions are sharing and reusing OERs

More Discussion

david.wiley@byu.edu801-422-7071

http://davidwiley.org/