Cover
Licensing Information
I. Foundations
Open Educational Resources
Defining the "Open" in Open Content and Open Educational Resources
Copyright and Open Licensing
The Difference Between an Informational Resource and an Educational Resource
Excludability
Rivalry
II. Research
Open educational resources and college textbook choices
Thoughts on Continuous Improvement and OER
Continuous Improvement of Instructional Materials
Continuous Improvement Dashboards
A/B Testing on Open Textbooks
The Rise Framework
Open Science in Education Sciences
III. Future Directions
What is Open Pedagogy?
OER-Enabled Pedagogy
Open Pedagogy: The Importance of Getting it in the Air
A Look at the Future of Open Educational Resources
Pragmatism vs. Idealism and the Identity Crisis of OER Advocacy
Recognizing and Overcoming Obstacles: What It Will Take to Realize the Potential of OER
Assumptions and Challenges of Open Scholarship
The OER Dilemma
Cultural Knowledge and OER
Make Out Like a Bandit
IV. Appendices
Chapter Authors
Glossary
Keywords
Index
V. Student Presentations
A Brief Overview of Open Education
What I Know Now About Open Education
Falling 4 OER
Open Education Q & A
Observations and Learnings About OER
What is OER?
Overview of Open Education
Adopting Open Textbooks
Community Members Should Create OER
Open textbooks for MSED faculty
Consider OER
A Pitch for Open Textbook Adoption
The Case for Open Textbooks in SFL
A Call To Action for Instructors
Lessons Learned
A Pitch for K-12 Teachers and Their Students to Create O.E.R
OER in English Language Teaching
Introduction to Open Education
What is Open Pedagogy and Why Does it Matter?
A brief and open letter about OER to my friends in K-12 Education

Glossary

Copyleft
legal protections for authors of creative works (e.g., books, movies, lesson plans) that prevent them from being used by others without permission
CopyrightCopyright and Open Licensing
legal protections for authors of creative works (e.g., books, movies, lesson plans) that prevent them from being used by others without permission
Fair UseCopyright and Open Licensing
the limited ability to use copyrighted works without permission as determined by four factors (Nature of Use, Type of Work, Amount Used, and Commercial Impact)
Open
in the context of openly licensed materials or open educational resources (OER), this means gratis and libre; gratis means that content and resources are provided at no cost, while libre means that people are free to do what they want with these resources
Open Educational Resources (OER)
materials for teaching, learning, and research that people have free access with no cost and can legally retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistribute them
Open Licenses
an license that allows users to freely use a resource without seeking permission (e.g., public domain, Creative Commons)
Openness
the level of license on educational resources which indicates different conditions, restrictions, or permissions users need to follow when they use or share the educational resources
Public DomainCopyright and Open Licensing
in the US, a technical term referring to works that are not subject to copyright protection, such as very old works
Royalty FreeCopyright and Open Licensing
a variation of copyright that allows materials to be used in some limited manner (e.g., print an image up to ten times) without paying a fee
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