OEL Project

OEL Toolkit Launch

Professor Mark Brown

Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL)

Dublin City University

In this Presentation• Introduction to the Open Education

Licensing (OEL) project

• The OEL Toolkit Interactive Demo

• Key Legal Issues

But, before starting…

What does'Open Educational Resource'

mean to you?

Online education in Australia

• 2012 – year of the MOOC• Australian teachers rely on educational

statutory licences (in closed environments)• Australia has no Fair Use• © & licensing – critical challenge for sector• Meaning of ‘open’?• Need understanding of Open Licences – some

more open than others!• OER – 5 Rs – more than just online access!

Copyright in Australia

• Current Australian law less flexible than other jurisdictions

• Purpose-based Fair Dealing / statutory educational licences

• ALRC report on Copyright & the Digital Economy / Productivity Commission – recommend Fair Use

• Exposure Draft 2016 – may simplify educational licences

• Online education will still need Open Licences!

Expansion of MOOCs

• Aust MOOCs / other ‘open’ course offerings steadily increasing

• 7 Aust unis OERu partners• Business models differ• Experimenting with payment for add-ons

(credit/online tutoring)• Commitment to Open Licensing for re-use?

’Open’ at Australian universities

Australian MOOCs by PlatformOpen MOOCs (P2Pu, OERu)

edX

Coursera

Blackboard Coursesites

Open2Study (OUA)

Other (iTunes U, Edcast, Class2Go, Canvas, Future Learn,

OpenLearning etc)

No MOOCs

MOOC platforms used by Australian universities 2014

Open MOOCs (P2Pu, OERu)edXCourseraBlackboard CoursesitesOpen2Study (OUA)Other (iTunes U, Edcast, Class2Go, Canvas, Future Learn, OpenLearning etc)No MOOCs

Open licensing at Australian universities

No MOOC offered

All rights reserved

Open licence (Creative Commons)

University MOOC Offerings in Australia by licensing 2014

No MOOC offeredAll rights reservedOpen licence (Creative Commons)

Open Education Licensing project

• Joint Swinburne / University of Tasmania• 2 yr research & development• Funding from Australian Government Office

for Learning and Teaching

Examining OEP in Australian unisDeveloping practical info / licensing tools

Project Plan

• June 2015 – Surveyed 389 staff from 38 Aust universities – 33.9% response rate

• Asked managers / teachers / info experts– Role of OEP in their institution– Current / planned ‘open’ activities– Platforms / licences used– Policy/strategic reasons– IP issues

• 2016 – used responses to develop OEL Toolkit

Interesting findings

• Concern about complexity of licensing• ‘Open’ doesn’t always allow re-use• If copyright too difficult, resources not

developed or disseminated• Lack of knowledge around licensing• Policies still being developed

Design and development

Interactive demonstration

Toolkit issues – FD R&S

Toolkit issues - employee

Toolkit issues – licence

Toolkit issues – link/copy

Toolkit issues – platform T&C

Toolkit issues – revise

Toolkit issues – moral rights

Support for this project has been provided by the Australia Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The views in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching.

Please attribute the “OEL Project Team” with a link to oel.edu.au

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