IPT692R: The sustainability of the open education movement

In the fifth week of the course Introduction to Open Education, which offers David Wiley, we have to consider the sustainability of the Open Education movement.

Like any other project, you must obtain revenues to balance the costs.

There are several ways of financing (public, sponsorship, donations, ...). But, in this case, moreover, it is necessary to outsource and give visibility to the work done so that the model is sustainable.

Some believe that if it is free, does not offer quality. Others do not want to give your work or do not have the strength to lead change in their immediate surroundings ...

However, it is undeniable that open education is progressing because it moves in line with the conceptual change driven by globalization.

To accelerate this change is necessary that governments and institutions accept the need to spread its benefits especially in areas poorly financially and raise awareness of solidarity and cooperation.

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Resources:

• Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials
  
• Advancing Sustainability of Open Educational Resources
  
• On the Sustainability of Open Educational Resource Initiatives in Higher Education
  
• Models for Sustainable Open Educational Resources

IPT692R: Creative Commons Licenses

This week, the activity of the course Introduction to Open Education, which offers David Wiley, has focused on the study of the Creative Commons licenses.

Such licenses are intended to encourage creativity and reuse of intellectual works while allowing the author retains the rights that we deem appropriate.

These licenses are based on four basic criteria:

• Attribution: The creator allows you to copy, distribute and perform the work while recognizing and properly cite the original author.
• Noncommercial: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and perform the work until it is used for commercial purposes.
• No Derivative Works: The creator allows you to copy, distribute and publicly communicate unaltered copies of the work, but not make derivative works of them.
• Share Alike: It allows to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to that which governs the original work.

Such licenses are tailored to the laws of each country, so there are a large variety. In slidshare, we can see some of them.

IPT692R: Creative Commons Licenses

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