Understanding Open Licensing
Learning Objectives
In Part II you will:
- learn copyright basics
- develop your understanding of educational use of copyright material in an Australian context
- learn how to differentiate between materials that are ‘all rights reserved’, in the ‘public domain’ and openly licensed
- become familiar with Creative Commons licences and what makes it possible for you to reuse, modify, and reshare OER.
Did you realise this ebook is an OER? Do you want to reuse the content, modify it for your students or colleagues? Guess what … you can, with attribution of course!
You’ll learn more about reusing open content in the following chapters. However, understanding what makes it possible for you to reuse, modify, and reshare this work is the first step. When discussing open licensing it is also necessary to understand copyright and what it protects within the Australian Copyright Act as well as educational use in an Australian context. In addition to introducing and defining open licenses, this section will cover copyright, educational use, and Creative Commons licenses.[1]
- Adapted from "Introduction to open licensing" by Carrie Gits , Digitex is licensed under CC BY 4.0 ↵
