Week 5 of this course focused on Open Licensing and Open Educational Resources. This blog post will focus on two lectures from Week 5 with Cable Green and Dr. Inba Kehoe
Cable Green – Open Licensing and Open Education Resources
In the video lecture with Cable Green, he spoke on the changes of communication in industries following the influence of the internet, affordable computing, and creative comments.
The creation of the internet created the issues of copyright and sharing materials in a digital world. Because people were able to access content shared online anywhere in the world, it created a demand for licensing and copyrighted material. Furthermore, it created a market for Open Licensing and Open educational resources.
Affordable computing allowed more and more people to access the internet and the digital contents on the internet. Affordable computing includes the creation of affordable and accessible devices, such as computers and phones which allowed more accessible means for people to access digital data.
Creative comments tackled the issue of copyright. Essentially this issue allowed an open license which created a free, open and legal content on the internet allowing people to
Green also speaks how these changes with influential in sciences for the impact of data accessiblity and sharing. For example, universities operate under budgets, which prior to the internet and Open Licensing, restricted the amount of information and data universities could access. Following Open Licensing and Open Educational resources it allowed the sharing and access of scientific data and data sharing which created a more affordable and faster method for universities to access and share their studies. Essentially, creative commons manage these licenses and works worldwide on educating and sharing their licensing and policies, such as journalism and climate change.
Dr. Inba Kehoe – Copyright Material
Dr. Inba Kehoe spoke on Copyright material, Fair Dealing, and Licenses. The implications of Kehoe’s lecture were how to manage the posting and sharing of content online with considerations for the materials that you are using and it’s copyright of that material. Kehoe also spoke on Fair Dealing, Publicly Accessible work, and Copyright Aspects.
Kehoe uses the example of sharing artwork, essay or a podcast online, saying that as a student once you share material you’ve created as a fixed form, they are automatically copyrighted to you in Canada. By providing a date and a copyright symbol it allows others to cite your work. Kehoe mentioned that you should consider how your content could be used and under the circumstances they are being shared.
Fair dealing is the consideration of using a portion of others copyrighted material. For example, using only 10% of a song that you add to your podcast requires you to copyright this and
Publicly Accessible means if you see it on the internet you must still check if the author will allow you to use it. You can find this in the terms of use which is often found on the site which provides guidelines for the use of the content. If you use the content for non-commercial use, it does still require to be cited in the work that you are using their content.
Copyright has two aspects, economics and moral rights. Economics is simply the aspect of buying/selling content for the purpose of commercial use. Moral rights mean that using someone else’s content and realigning it without the permission of the owner of the content can create legal issues. For example, if you were to take someone content and use if for immoral purposes without their permission, it can open you up to legal ramifications