25 Read and discuss

We’ve arrived at Creative Commons, which is the system that makes Open Educational Resources possible as we know them. Thanks to the three layers of licenses, human-readable, legal code, and machine readable, it is possible to quickly assemble and find OER. CC, of course, also extends far beyond OER in utility, and the ways in which it does so are another part of the essential copyright knowledge that all educators and librarians should possess.

Choose one of the following sources to share with your peers, or to reflect upon yourself.

• YouTube: Open Education Matters: Why is it important to share content? (Time 3:51)
• Clinton, V., & Khan, S. (2019). Efficacy of open textbook adoption on learning performance and course withdrawal rates: A meta-analysis. AERA Open, 5(3), 1-20. 10.1177/2332858419872212, licensed CC BY NC 4.0
• Fischer, L., Hilton, J., Robinson T. J., & Wiley, D. (2015). A Multi-institutional Study of the Impact of Open Textbook Adoption on the Learning Outcomes of Post-secondary Students. Journal of Computing in Higher Education. 10.1007/s12528-015-9101-x licensed CC BY 4.0