[Oer-community] In fields like OER -- Shouldn't we eat our own dog food?

[Jennie Lawrence]

Hello Wayne and All,

MIT has made a very simple request at the bottom of its Teacher page which
is to "use and cite these materials". A very simple request and in training
over time this is what the US does is educate on "copyright" and its proper
use so as not to get into legal ramifications with another entity or person.
Plus it gives credit where credit is due to the originator. What is this
"FEAR" you are raising? Nothing to be afraid of just the "FEAR" you are
supposing.

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On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Wayne Mackintosh
<wayne at oerfoundation.org>wrote:

> Hi Theo, in response to your questions / issues:
>
> <Fear of loss of copyright>
>
> Open content licensing does not necessarily mean that academics and
> educators loose their copyright. For instance, Creative Commons licenses are
> based on a culture of permissions. The creators of OER can retain their
> copyright but license their work by providing a number of permissions -- eg
> reuse, modification etc. on condition that downstream users acknowledge
> their sources. So no loss of copyright ;-)
>
> <Loss of income>.
>
> With reference to the creation and reuse of educational materials -- the
> salaries of the majority of educators working at tertiary education
> institutions at state funded institutions are indirectly paid by their
> respective governments. I don't see that producing teaching materials as OER
> will result in a loss of income for educators.
>
> On the contrary, I think OER demonstrates a commitment to the core values
> of education to share knowledge freely -- we should celebrate this.
>
> Some tertiary education institutions might suggest that they will loose
> competitive advantage by opening up their materials. I'm not aware of any
> research evidence that shows a decline in student enrolment at any given
> institution using OER resources as part of their
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