how to find and use open resources and how to release your own work openly

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www.open.usask.caHow to Find and Use Open Resources, and Release Your Own Work OpenlyJordan Epp, Instructional Designer (Distance Education Unit)Kate Langrell, Copyright Coordinator

March 7, 2016

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Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educationwww.open.usask.ca

2Sharing materials with othersEasier access to materials for everyone (equal access)Less cost to students and universitiesFewer copyright restrictions Provide positive exposure to your workContribute to discipline of study

Sharing, Equal Access, Availability, Cost, Time, Impact, Inspire Future Creativity and Creation

Researchers as authors: immediate visibility for research output and thus increased visibility and usage of their results. Open Access may even lead to an increase of impact.Researchers looking for information: access to literature everywhere, not only from a campus but also from any site with wifi access.Funding agencies: increased return on investment (ROI), increased visibility.Universities & research institutes:greater visibility,clearer managementinformation.Libraries:increased access for target audience, financially a more attractivemodel than the current subscription model.Teachers & students: unrestricted access to material, enriched education, allowing equality of learning in poor aswell as in rich nations.Science: enhanced and accelerated research cycle.Citizens & society: access to knowledge / accesstothe results of publicly funded research.Enterprises: access to critical information.Publishers: transparent business model, ultimate online article distribution, ultimate visibility for articles.

Benefits of Open ResourcesIncreased accessibility Easier and faster to find openly available materialsLess expensive, more equitable access Increased usability Fewer copyright restrictions Fosters creation of new worksIncreased impact/contributionPublically funded research available to publicMore exposure, more efficient disseminationwww.open.usask.ca

3Sharing materials with othersEasier access to materials for everyone (equal access)Less cost to students and universitiesFewer copyright restrictions Provide positive exposure to your workContribute to discipline of study

Sharing, Equal Access, Availability, Cost, Time, Impact, Inspire Future Creativity and Creation

Researchers as authors: immediate visibility for research output and thus increased visibility and usage of their results. Open Access may even lead to an increase of impact.Researchers looking for information: access to literature everywhere, not only from a campus but also from any site with wifi access.Funding agencies: increased return on investment (ROI), increased visibility.Universities & research institutes:greater visibility,clearer managementinformation.Libraries:increased access for target audience, financially a more attractivemodel than the current subscription model.Teachers & students: unrestricted access to material, enriched education, allowing equality of learning in poor aswell as in rich nations.Science: enhanced and accelerated research cycle.Citizens & society: access to knowledge / accesstothe results of publicly funded research.Enterprises: access to critical information.Publishers: transparent business model, ultimate online article distribution, ultimate visibility for articles.

Creative Commons Licenseswww.open.usask.caCC-BYAttribution This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in terms of what others can do with your works licensed under Attribution.CC-BY-SAAttribution Share Alike This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to open source software licenses. All new works based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use.CC-BY-NDAttribution No Derivatives This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.CC-BY-NCAttribution Non-Commercial This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they dont have to license their derivative works on the same terms.CC-BY-NC-SAAttribution Non-Commercial Share AlikeThis license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Others can download and redistribute your work just like the by-nc-nd license, but they can also translate, make remixes, and produce new stories based on your work. All new work based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also be non-commercial in nature.CC-BY-NC-NDAttribution Non-Commercial No DerivativesThis license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, allowing redistribution. This license is often called the free advertising license because it allows others to download your works and share them with others as long as they mention you and link back to you, but they cant change them in any way or use them commercially.

4Sharing materials with othersEasier access to Fewer copyright restrictions

Finding Openly Licensed Workwww.open.usask.ca

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Finding Openly Licensed Workwww.open.usask.caImagesGoogle Images (demo)FlickrWiki CommonsOtherhttps://search.creativecommons.org/

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Citing Best Practices for CC Images4 pieces of information to include:

Title of workCreator of workWeb address (or hyperlink)CC License (with hyperlink)

Saskatoon, SK by Kyla Duhamel (CC-BY-2.0)www.open.usask.ca


Citing Best Practices for CC Images4 pieces of information to include:

Title of workCreator of workWeb address (or hyperlink)CC License (with hyperlink)

Saskatoon, SK by Kyla Duhamel (CC-BY-2.0); Retrieved 02-29-2016www.open.usask.ca


Using Copyright-Protected MaterialsExceptions for students in Canadian Copyright ActFair Dealing Guidelines Can copy a Short Excerpt of a work for the purposes of research, private study or educationDefinition of Short Excerpt in Fair Dealing GuidelinesCan use materials available openly online as long as There is no clearly visible notice prohibiting use of the material for you purpose (e.g., education), andA citation is includedwww.open.usask.ca

9Exceptions for studentsFair Dealing Guidelines Can copy a Short Excerpt of a work for the purposes of research, private study or education (also for parody, satire, criticism, review or news reporting)

Citing Copyright-Protected MaterialsFollow citation standards for your field of study (e.g., APA, Chicago, MLA, etc.)www.open.usask.ca


Q: When would I need to get permission from a copyright holder for using their copyright-protected work?

A: If you include their copyright-protected work in something that you create that you want to openly share (e.g., publish, post on a publically available website, etc.), then permission from the copyright holder is required. www.open.usask.ca


Applying an Open License to Your Workwww.open.usask.ca

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Benefits of Publishing Open ResourcesContribute to the knowledge pool within your disciplineBuild a positive online presence/identityEmployers are Googling youE-portfolio/ResumeIncreased notorietyExample WGST:Representations of Gender in Advertising

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How to Apply Open Licenseswww.open.usask.caApplying an open license can be done to almostany type of document or file. This can be doneduring the upload process on many popular sitessuch as:YouTubeFlickrWikiCommons

You can also look at some great tools fromCreative Commons:http://creativecommons.org/choose/Mark Your Work With CC

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Where to Publish Your Work OpenlySome subject-specific information available E.g., Institute for Healthcare Improvement listList of undergraduate philosophy journalsHistory journals which publish student work

Council on Undergraduate Research listUSURJ: University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal

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