• Introduction to open access– Creative Commons licensing

• Where can I find free educational materials– Shared content sites– Creative Commons searches– Public Domains sources

• New from the library: Author Fund

Generally “open access” users have the right to “read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles” without a fee or access restrictions

From About DOAJ

• There are six types of Creative Commons licenses

• All of these resources are FREE to use for educational use, as long as you cite

• Works where copyright has expired OR the work was immediately released into the public domain.

• US Government materials• Creator chooses to release to public domain• NOT Canadian Government and most

provincial materials but ok to use as is

• Tons of free educational resources• Lots of topics• More material being added daily• Contribute to material being developed by

professors worldwide• The growth of MOOCs are contributing to this

• Example: You are designing a new course on Shakespeare. What open access and public domain resources are available?

http://www.oercommons.org/

• Example: You are designing a new course on Shakespeare. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Assessments, outlines, even full courses ✔

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.hathitrust.org/

• Example: You are designing a new course on Shakespeare. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Assessments, outlines, even full courses ✔– Course readings ✔

http://search.creativecommons.org/

http://www.flickr.com/commons

http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/gmpage.html

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

• Example: You are designing a new course on Shakespeare. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Assessments, outlines, even full courses ✔– Course readings ✔– Images and maps ✔

http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/

• Example: You are designing a new course on Shakespeare. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Assessments, outlines, even full courses ✔– Course readings ✔– Images and maps ✔– Data visualizations ✔

https://soundcloud.com/

• Example: You are designing a new course on Shakespeare. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Assessments, outlines, even full courses ✔– Course readings ✔– Images and maps ✔– Data visualizations ✔– Music ✔

• Example: You are designing a new course on Physics. What open access and public domain resources are available?

http://openstaxcollege.org/

https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/

• Example: You are designing a new course on Physics. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Textbooks ✔

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?uiLanguage=en

http://www.opendoar.org/search.php

• Example: You are designing a new course on Physics. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Textbooks ✔– Scholarly resources ✔

http://search.creativecommons.org/

• Example: You are designing a new course on Physics. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Textbooks ✔– Scholarly resources ✔– Demonstrations and visualizations ✔

http://www.ocwconsortium.org/en/courses/search

• Example: You are designing a new course on Physics. What open access and public domain resources are available? – Textbooks ✔– Scholarly resources ✔– Demonstrations and visualizations ✔– OEW Resources✔

• Example: You are looking for a case study to use in your course. What open access and freely available resources are available? – Business Cases ✔

• Example: You are looking for a case study to use in your course. What open access and freely vailable resources are available? – Business Cases ✔– Health Cases ✔

• Seen as a citation only• Can link to legal material on the web– to show it in class – Email to students– Paste link in Blackboard

• Can use material you find on the Internet if:

– No visible notice saying not to reuse for educational purposes or no licensing button

– Using it for education– No technological protection– Legally posted

The Library will check it for you!•One Stop Course Reading Service•Send syllabus to reserve@ryerson.ca•The library will copyright check your readings AND post them to Blackboard AND make PDFs accessible for AODA compliance

• Make your research Open Access• Funds one open access publication fee a year

per faculty member• Your work is added to online Ryerson

Research Archive – Digital Commons