ccLearn Productions

Reports

Major papers or syntheses that lay the groundwork.

Explanations

Distilling key concepts about OpenEd and CC.

Step by Step Guides

Instructions for specific actions within OpenEd

Recommendations

Best practices for OER, CC, and related issues

ccLearn Reports

What status for “open”?
An examination of the licensing policies of open educational organizations and projects

A Report to The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. December 2008.

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Supplements

Data Supplement to “What status for ‘open’?”
A graphical view of the licensing policies of open educational organizations and projects (v1)
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 — (296 kb) odt

Enhanced Search for Educational Resources: A Perspective and a Prototype from ccLearn

July 2009

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OpenOffice.org 3.0 — Color (3.2 mb) odt

Otherwise Open: Managing Incompatible Content with Open Educational Resources

September 2009

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OpenOffice.org 3.0 — Color (2.7 mb) odt

ccLearn Explanations

Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons Licensing

If you are a teacher or creator of educational resources, this primer gives you an introduction to the concepts of open education, Creative Commons licensing, and other issues pertinent to putting your educational materials on the Internet.

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OpenOffice.org 2.4: (332 kb) odt

Remixing OER: A Guide to License Compatibility

This document gives a brief overview of Creative Commons license compatibility for the purposes of remixing OER.

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OpenOffice.org 2.4: (216 kb) odt

ccLearn Step by Step Guides

Applying Creative Commons licenses to your educational resources

This is a very basic step-by-step guide for people who want to apply Creative Commons (CC) licenses to their educational resources, thus making them open educational resources (OER). If you are new to Creative Commons or web publishing, or are just confused about the steps you need to take to affix a license to your work, then this guide is for you.

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Preparing Your Educational Resources for DiscoverEd

This is a basic guide to increasing the discoverability of online educational resources by preparing them for inclusion into search engines like DiscoverEd that utilize structured data.

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ccLearn Recommendations


Increase Funding Impact Recommendations for Organizations that Fund the Production of Open Educational Resources (OER) All funding organizations want their grantees to achieve the maximum possible impact. We recommend that foundations and other funding organizations who support the production of educational resources should adopt a policy that strongly encourages or requires their grantees to disseminate such resources under Creative Commons licenses in order to maximize their reach and impact. PDF: (180 kb) OpenOffice.org 2.4 (160 kb): odt	Publishing Your Open Educational Resources on the Internet Specifying Terms of Use and Copyright Licenses for Sites Hosting Open Educational Resources These are best practices for properly specifying terms of use (TOU) and copyright licenses for any site hosting Open Educational Resources (OER). Part I is for copyright holders or OER aggregators who publish OER on their own sites. Part II is for copyright holders who publish OER on someone else’s site. PDF: (180 kb) OpenOffice.org 2.4 (144 kb): odt	Why CC BY? Some guidelines on applying Creative Commons, and particularly CC BY, as the preferred licensing choice for your open educational resources (OER) PDF: (130 kb) OpenOffice.org 3.0 (58 kb): odt

Dealing with Legally Incompatible Content in OER Recommendations for incorporating third-party content into otherwise open resources. PDF: (173 kb) OpenOffice.org 3.0 (124 kb): odt