The Importance of Copyright and Shared Norms for Credit in Open Educational Resources
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Authors
Norris, Meghan
Swartz, Mark
Kuhlmeier, Valerie
Date
2023-01-04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Keyword
Open Education , Open Educational Resources (OER) , Copyright , Intellectual Property (IP) , Authorship
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Abstract
Open Educational Resources (OER) are reducing barriers to education while allowing creators the opportunity to share their work with the world and continue owning copyright of their work. To support new authors and adaptors in the OER space, we provide an overview of common considerations that creators and adaptors of OER should make with respect to issues related to copyright in the context of OER. Further, and importantly, a challenge in the OER space is ensuring that original creators receive appropriate credit for their work, while also respecting the credit of those who have adapted work. Thus, in addition to providing important considerations when it comes to the creation of open access works, we propose shared norms for ensuring appropriate attribution and credit for creators and adaptors of OER.
Description
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. This article was first published by Frontiers Media and is available at the publisher website at https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.1069388.
Citation
Norris ME, Swartz M and Kuhlmeier VA (2023) The importance of copyright and shared norms for credit in Open Educational Resources. Front. Educ. 7:1069388. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.1069388
Publisher
Frontiers Media