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Share, Use, Remix: Sites to Find Open Creative Commons Licensed Content

The seven CC licenses and their terms. ​​​​​CC0 1.0 This week, we’re celebrating Open Education Week and the continued exploration of open resources, practices, and tools! If you’re looking for media to spice up your work a...

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Open Education Week 2024 and OERizona

March 4th to March 8th is Open Education Week, a global celebration of the open education (OE) movement and open educational resources (OER).  What is OER? Simply put, instructors design open educational resources to be used free of charge for teaching and learning. OER content is growing quickly, ...

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Fair Use Week 2024: Understanding the Classroom Use exemption and the TEACH Act

The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) was signed into law in November 2002 and expanded instructors' ability to use works that are protected by copyright without first obtaining permission from the copyright owner. The TEACH Act updated copyright law so that instruct...

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Open Education Week 2023

by Abbie Thacher, Open Scholarship Intern Open Education Week highlights the creative and collaborative work of educators and promotes the world wide movement towards more equitable and accessible educational resources. Let’s start with some helpful definitions and then we will highlight some #OEW...

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It's Open Education Week! How Do I Get Started with OER?

CJ Garcia, Scholarly Communication Intern This week is Open Education Week, a time to raise awareness for and highlight open education successes around the world. You may already be familiar with open educational resources (OER) - educational materials that are free to use...