Creating your own OER allows you to share your knowledge with a wider audience. Creating OER might seem intimidating at first, so we recommend the following guide to get you started.
Once you have created an OER you will need to determine how to make it openly available, so read the information on licensing.
Creative Commons licenses provide an easy way to manage permissions to your work, while retaining the copyright. The exception is CC0 (Public Domain), with which you would relinquish your copyright. Because there is no single "Creative Commons license," it is important to identify which of the licenses you are applying to your material, and which of the licenses has been applied to any material that you intend to use, including the specific version.
When choosing a license, it is useful to know what the conditions of CC licenses are, so that you can select which combination you would like to use. The four main elements are as follows:
CC licenses may be applied to any type of work, including educational resources, photographs, and many other types of material. Creative Commons does not recommend its licenses for computer software and hardware. You should also not apply Creative Commons licenses to works that are no longer protected by copyright or are otherwise in the public domain, which can instead be marked with a Public Domain Mark.
Text modified from What are Creative Commons licenses? from Creative Commons used under a CC BY 4.0 License.
There are seven main Creative Commons licenses. Each license grants users permission to use works in specific ways. In order from most open to least open, the Creative Commons licenses are as follows:
For more information on the terms and conditions associated with CC licensed material, please visit the Creative Commons FAQ for Licensees.
Text explanation of the CC license types was adapted from About The Licenses from Creative Commons under a CC BY 4.0 License.
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