OER on Main Street Tuesday 14 April 2015

#OER15

@josiefraser

Leicester!

"Mainstreetflorida" by Speedway licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Eternal September - Image #180,391, unknown author, Know Your Meme

DigiLit Leicester

Digital Literacy in Practice

Current School Practice

• Relationship of many school staff to copyright on spectrum of ‘quiet anxiety’ to ‘giddy exceptionalism’

• Majority of staff haven’t heard of open licencing, OER, or Creative Commons

• Many staff not aware of IP issues

Current School Practice

• Culture of sharing – informal & uncredited

• High quality, excellent resources are being produced & built on

OER Schools Guidance & Practical Resources

“Produce accessible guidance for school staff which supports schools staff in understanding and making use of Open Licensing, as well as creating and sharing their own Open Educational Resources.”

http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/ls/open-education/

http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/ls/open-education/

OER Schools Conference – resources & reports

Using Wikipedia to create free topic books for learners

Leicester City Council has given permission for staff at community &voluntary controlled schools in the city to openly license the educational resources they produce in the line of their employment.

Leicester City Council recommends Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

International (CC BY 4.0)

OER on Main Street: by Josie Fraser/Leicester City Council licensed under CC BY 4.0

Credited images included under their own licence terms

Developing the Guidance

• Definition of OER

• Open education community

• Accessibility of text

• Licence recommendation

• Legal position of staff

• Presence of multiple dolphins

School FAQ

• What is an open licence & how does it work?

• IP & employment

• Quality, control, management

OER in Practice

Key questions for schools

• Do staff know about open licensing?

• Are all staff aware of IP in relation to employment?

• Which is your schools preferred open licence?

• What resources should/could schools and staff be sharing?

• How can staff be supported to share work openly?

OER on Main Street

Staff:

• Awareness

• Licencing agreements

Students:

• Modelling practice

• Curriculum opportunities

• IP rights management

Diolch yn fawr!

Additional Images

Eternal September - Image #180,391, unknown author, Know Your Meme

"Mainstreetflorida" by Speedway licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Spinner Dolphins, Big Island, Hawaii, by Steve Dunleavy, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0