Create Open Educational Resources

When you find a CC work you want to reuse, the single most important thing to know is how to provide attribution. All CC licenses require that attribution be given to the creator. 

The best practice for attribution is the TASL approach:

T=Title

A=Author

S=Source

L=License

Example:

I compiled a collection of photographs (called Reflections of Colorado) from third party sources and provided attribution for the works on a separate page, as seen below.

Learn the OER implementation process to adopt, adapt or create an entirely new OER. 

Copying a CC licensed work and sharing it is pretty simple. Just make sure to provide attribution and refrain from using it for commercial purposes if it is licensed with one of the NonCommercial licenses. 

If you are changing a CC licensed work or incorporating it into a new work, you need to rely on the CC license for permission to adapt the work, unless the licensed work falls under an exception or limitation of copyright (like fair use). 

Fundamental Principle: As of Version 4.0, all CC licenses, even the NoDerivatives licenses, allow anyone to make an adaptation of a CC licensed work. The difference between the ND licenses and the other licenses is that if an adaptation of an ND-licensed work has been created, it cannot be shared with others. ND does not allow the individual to share adaptations with the public. 

Online digital education resources have different legal permissions that empower (or not) the public to use, remix, and share those resources. Here are a few of those legal categories:

1. Public domain works (not restricted by copyright) can be remixed with any work. 
2. All-right-reserved copyrighted works, available for free online, can only be used under the project terms of service, or using an exception or limitation to copyright, such as fair use. For example: many MOOCs allow free reuse of their content, but do not allow copying, revise, remix, or redistribution. 
3. All-rights-reserved copyrighted works in closed formats do not allow the public to remix or adapt a work. For example: a movie only available in a streaming service that you cannot use or link to. 
4. Creative Commons licensed work rely on various permissions and restrictions that allow you to adapt and remix work. 

Attributed to:

Creative Commons

5.3 Finding, Evaluating, and Adapting Resources

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