CC 3.0 BY –SA OUT Institutional Policy Workshop Open University of Tanzania 12 th January, 2009 OER Africa An introduction to Open Educational Resources

Who we are  OER Africa  OER Africa is an innovative new project, headquartered in Nairobi, under the auspices of SAIDE.  Established to play a leading role in driving the development and use of OER in Africa.  Seed funding from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation to harness African experts and expertise to deploy OER to the benefit of Africa’s higher education systems. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 2 January 12, 2009

Why do we exist?  OER Africa  OER Africa believes that OER can positively support development and capacity of higher education systems and institutions across Africa  OER Africa  OER Africa is concerned that if the concept and practice of OER evolves predominantly outside and for Africa – we will not be able to liberate its potential OUT Policy and OER Workshop 3 January 12, 2009

What is the OER Africa premise?  To ensure that the power of OER is harnessed by Africans for Africans by building collaborative networks across the continent.  To facilitate the aggregation of information and human expertise that produces knowledge  There is a need to establish, encourage, and promote African communities of practice for OER that support the entire process of educational design, not simply use of external content OUT Policy and OER Workshop 4 January 12, 2009

A Vision for Higher Education in Africa:  Vibrant, sustainable  Vibrant, sustainable African higher education institutions that play a critical role in building and sustaining African societies and economies, by producing the continent’s future intellectual leaders through free and open development and sharing of common intellectual capital OUT Policy and OER Workshop 5 January 12, 2009

Our Mission  to establish vibrant networks of African OER practitioners by connecting like-minded academics from across the continent to develop, share, and adapt OER to meet the higher education needs of African societies. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 6 January 12, 2009

Value Proposition OER Africa  By creating and sustaining human networks of collaboration, face-to-face and online – OER Africa will enable African academics to harness the power of OER, develop their capacity, and become integrated into the emerging global OER networks as active participants rather than passive consumers. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 7 January 12, 2009

A proposed approach: quality 1.Work together to enhance higher education institutional capacity to design, develop, and deliver quality higher education programmes and materials; 2.Advocate the merits of collaboratively creating and sharing intellectual capital in higher education as a mechanism to improve quality and enhance long-term cost-effectiveness; OUT Policy and OER Workshop 8 January 12, 2009

Approach (cont’d) 3.Establish an online platform that facilitates African collaboration in OER development and sharing, while inter-connecting this platform with the many OER communities emerging globally [ ] ; 4.Facilitate the re-development and reinvention of African higher education programme curricula and course materials in order to ensure that higher education programmes on the continent are of exceptional quality and direct contextual relevance, producing world class graduates. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 9 January 12, 2009

INTRODUCING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OUT Policy and OER Workshop10January 12, 2009

Why Open Educational Resources? Concept Concept:  Educational resources for use by educators and learners, without an accompanying need to pay royalties or licence fees.  New licensing frameworks remove copying / adaptation restrictions  OER hold potential for reducing the cost of accessing educational materials. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 11 January 12, 2009

What Potential Lies in OER?  Access to the means of production enables development of educators’ competence in producing educational materials  Access to instructional design necessary to integrate such materials into high quality programmes of learning.  Principle of allowing adaptation of materials enables learners to be active participants in educational processes OUT Policy and OER Workshop 12 January 12, 2009

How do we Capture this Potential?  Through the potential of a collaborative partnership of people... working in communities of practice focussed on the four main elements of the OER evolutionary process: Creation, Organization, Dissemination Use Creation, Organization, Dissemination and Use. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 13 January 12, 2009

Dispelling Some Myths  Content = education  Good content will overcome institutional capacity constraints  OER should be a process of voluntarism  OER will make education cheaper in the short- term  Openness automatically equates with quality  OER is about e-learning OUT Policy and OER Workshop 14 January 12, 2009

INTRODUCING CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSING OUT Policy and OER Workshop15January 12, 2009

What is the most commonly used Alternative License Framework?  Most developed alterative licensing approach is that developed by Larry Lessig of Stanford University in 2001, called Creative Commons (CC).  CC licences most often used for OER work and provide various options.  The CC approach provides user-friendly open licences for digital materials and so avoids the automatically applied copyright restrictions. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 16 January 12, 2009

How do CC Licenses Work? CC licences are based on four specific conditions:  attribution,  share alike,  non-commercial and  no derivative works OUT Policy and OER Workshop 17 January 12, 2009

What are the CC License Conditions? (1)  Attribution You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request. OUT Policy and OER Workshop choose Creators choose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their work.  Share Alike You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work. 18 January 12, 2009

What are the CC License Conditions? (2)  Non-commercial You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only. OUT Policy and OER Workshop  No Derivative Works You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. commons.org 19 January 12, 2009

How do CC Licenses Protect Intellectual Property? All CC Licenses assert the author’s right over copyright and the granting of copyright freedoms and require licensees to:  Obtain permission should they wish to use the resource in a manner that has been restricted;  Keep the copyright notice intact on all copies of the work;  Publish the licence with the work or include a link to the licence from any copies of the work;  Not change the licence terms in anyway;  Not use technology or other means to restrict other licences’ lawful use of the work. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 20 January 12, 2009

What are the various CC Licenses? OUT Policy and OER Workshop commons.org your Based on your choices, CC will suggest a license formulation that clearly indicates how other people may use your work.. Attribution (By) Attribution — Share Alike Attribution — No Derivatives 21 January 12, 2009

What are the various CC Licenses? OUT Policy and OER Workshop commons.org. Attribution — Non-Commercial Attribution — Non-Commercial — No Derivatives Attribution — Non-Commercial — Share Alike 22 January 12, 2009

What can Creative Commons Do for Me?  CC licenses give you flexibility  e.g. you can choose to only pre-clear non-commercial uses or to combine several license conditions  CC Licenses protect the people who use your work  As long as they abide by the terms you have specified, they don’t have to worry about copyright infringement.  Relevant content is available to you under various CC Licenses  If you are looking for content that you can freely and legally use, there is a giant pool of CC-licensed creativity available to you. OUT Policy and OER Workshop 23 January 12, 2009

Q & A OUT Policy and OER Workshop24January 12, 2009

CC 3.0 BY –SA Thank you Catherine Ngugi Neil Butcher Project Director OER Strategist