This document discusses copyright, Creative Commons, public domain, and open educational resources. It explains that Creative Commons licenses allow works to be shared and reused, providing options for attribution, commercial use, derivatives, and sharing. Works in the public domain are no longer under copyright and can be used without permission. Open educational resources are teaching and learning materials that can be freely used and edited. The document provides examples of resources available under these categories and encourages using and sharing open materials.

1. Copyright, Creative
Commons, Public
Domain, and Open
Educational Resources
eSchool4s – Conference, Esslingen (26-28 Oct. 14)
Reinhard Wieser
Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol

2. Two things before I start =>
1. scientix.eu
Natural sciences materials: free translation!
Whether or not a teaching resource is available for
translation depends on the copyright conditions!
Must be CC!
http://www.scientix.eu/web/guest/request-translation

3. 2. Sustainability & „e“ learning objects
Sustainability of platforms: technological aspect
 Isolated learning environment (Moodle) versus idea of sharing our
materials via various (social) media channels
Sustainability of e-learning materials: legal aspect
 Copyright matters! => CC and OER!
Sustainability of digital materials: pedagogical aspect
 Usability
 See Benjamin Bloom‘s taxonomy of cognitive learning goals!
Only “Bloom low” or also “Bloom high”?
 Standards & competencies
Source: Attwell, Graham (2004): http://goo.gl/n8OFgp

4. Tim Berners Lee
„Father“ of the WWW, wrote the „Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTP)“, a code that enables the communication of servers
and client computers
Very democratic approach: first focused mainly on sharing
and cooperating (knowledge management)
„Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue.
Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private
ownership vs. open source, and so on.“
90s: Internet mainly for specialists!
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

5. And then...
Google appeared in 99
Connections grew faster, broadband connected most
households
Early 2000s: industry discovered the WWW => digital
opportunities have exploded!
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

6. Everyday we
use and share
• Text
• Pictures
• Music
• Movies
Are you ready??? by ssh available at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssh/12638218/
under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence

8. Materials from the WWW are
either
• copyrighted
• or protected by a
„Creative Commons“ license
• or in the „Public Domain“!

9. Copyright?
Copyright ensures that the people who create “Intellectual
Property” can own, control and be paid for their efforts.
If something is created it is automatically protected by
copyright! In the European Union, rights of authors are
protected during their lifetime and for 70 years after.
What is protected?
 Texts like mails, blog articles; literary works incl. software
 Sound recordings and music
 Drawings, graphics, photos
 Videos etc.
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

11. And today?
Life has become more complicated for teachers when they
actively want to work with digital media!
In Austria several teachers and schools have been sued for
copyright infringement.
Copyright infringement: lawyers have discovered this as
new source of income!
(cf. Marions Kochbuch!)
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

12. How can we get out of this
misery?
Creative Commons
Public Domain
Open educational resources
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

14. Creative Commons
provides resources that
you and your students
can legally copy, modify
and reuse my CC stickers have arrived!!! by laihiu available at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laihiu/290630500/
under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence

15. It also provides a
tool for managing
your own
copyright!
Tooled Flatty by flattop341 available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/flattop341/1085739925/
under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence CRICOS No. 00213J

16. What is Creative Commons?
Nonprofit (American) organization that enables the sharing
and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
(since 2001)
Offers free, easy-to-use copyright licenses
Licenses give the public permission to share and use your
creative work — on conditions of your choice.
We can choose from copyright terms like "All Rights Reserved"
to only "Some Rights Reserved."
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

17. Licence Elements
Attribution – credit the author
Non-commercial – no commercial use
No Derivative Works – no remixing
Share alike – remix only if you let others remix
For more info see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/?lang=en

18. For more detailed information:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YkbeycRa2A

19. Creative Commons Resources
General Purpose
 Creative Commons Search
Images
 Google
 Flickr CC
Audio
 Jamendo.com
 CC Mixter
 Free Sounds
 Shambles List
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

20. What is the Public Domain?
A work of authorship is in the “public domain” if it is no longer
under copyright protection.
Works may be used without the permission of the former
copyright owner.
Rules for when items pass into the public domain vary
considerably!
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

21. Public Domain Resources
Bartleby.com Public domain texts online
Books on the Internet. E-texts from UT Austin
Great Books. Ancient classics to 20th century masterpieces.
Images Listing of public domain images
Internet Public Library Library for the Internet community
Moving Image Archive Movies, films, and videos
Online Books Listing over 30,000 free books on the Web
Project Gutenberg More than 25,000 free e-books
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
list=PL741678F352148469&v=gJWbVt2Nc-I

23. Open educational resources (OER)
Philosophy: education is fundamentally about sharing!
Freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media
that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well
as for research purposes.
More info
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources
 http://www.edutopia.org/article/open-educational-resources-oer-
resource-roundup
 https://www.oercommons.org
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)

24. Sources
Photos: Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Flickr (public
domain, CC)
EU copyright: Wikipedia (http://goo.gl/saqguB)
Parts of this presentation taken from
http://de.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates/creative-commons-
in-the-classroom-presentation
(published under CC)
Reinhard Wieser, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol (reinhard.wieser@ph-tirol.ac.at)