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Creative Commons licences operate within Australian and international copyright law rather than replacing it. Copyright must first subsist in a work before a Creative Commons licence can be applied by the copyright owner. Applying a Creative Commons licence signals the creator’s willingness to share their work and provides others with upfront permission to reuse and adapt it in specified ways, including for local contexts.

Creative Commons licences are standardised and communicated using a ‘plain English’ approach. Creators can easily understand what they are allowing others to do (and can restrict some activities), and users understand their obligations.

More information about the licences can be located on the , and in [1min 57sec].

Open Educational Resources (OER) are any Creative Commons (or other open licence such as Public Domain) licenced materials intended for educational use.

Open Educational Resources (OER) support learning and teaching, whereas Open Access (OA) applies to research outputs.

These resources encompass a wide variety of formats from print, digital, audio, video, and multimedia for an equally wide variety of purposes. Some example uses include:

• Images for lecture slides, or StudyDesk,
• Video lectures from discipline leaders,
• Audio interviews with practitioners and professionals,
• Online self-assessment quizzes to reinforce learning,
• Entire texts, or single chapters for Course Readings, enabling the use of multiple texts and diverse voices at no cost to students.

All of these resources permit copying, storage, and sharing, and can be added to Leganto as Course Readings. 

The most common starting point for universities  is support for open textbooks. Open textbooks are often seen as a way to ensure all students:

• have equal access to learning materials from the first day ofstudies,
• are not financially burdened by the cost of commercial textbooks (as open texts are free to access and download)
• can access content in a range of formats, both digital and print,
• can download digital content to mitigate poor internet connectivity,
• retain free access to the text in perpetuity.

Free and open access to learning resources can:

• improve student achievement,
• support retention and progression, and
• contribute to student recruitment.

 石榴视频 supports the (re)use, and creation of open textbooks through the Pressbooks platform. The full 石榴视频 catalogue of current open textbooks continues to grow, alongside expanding Australian open textbook collections. 石榴视频 also contributes to a centralised international collection through the .

If you are considering using an open text, or even want to find out what is available in your discipline, please contact the Open Education Team.

Open textbooks

• 石榴视频 open textbooks

Learning resources

• OER Commons

• 石榴视频 Open Collection

Images

Open Educational Resources (OER) are usually produced by universities and typically are subject  to rigorous quality controls and peer-review  prior to publication. At 石榴视频, all open textbooks are required to undertake peer-review before publication.

When choosing an OER, you apply exactly the same evaluation principles as you do for any other resource. Criteria such as credibility, currency, fitness-for-purpose, pedagogical intent, audience, and alignment with learning outcomes all apply irrespective of the material being evaluated.  

Attribution is the requirement for all Creative Commons licences. It is important to note this is not referencing, and does not adhere to any particular style, but does have four common elements.

When attributing, ensure the attribution statement is placed as close to the resource as possible. If you are using images for a presentation, it is may be good practice to include an end slide headed ‘Images in order of appearance’ and provide all attributions on a single page.

The four elements required for attribution are commonly referred to using the TASL acronym. Wherever possible, direct links should be provided for each element.

• Title (T) of the work
• Author (A) of the work
• Source (S) of the work, and
• Licence (L) under which the original work was shared.

The is a useful tool to assist in creating attribution statements.

The Open Education Team works with all 石榴视频 staff to licence content and support the use of licenced content in courses.

The team also provides advice on specific uses and can support activities including student-created content.