Open Pedagogy is an access-oriented commitment to learner-driven education and as a process of designing architectures and using tools for learning that enable students to shape the public knowledge commons of which they are a part.

Public Domain

Education:

There are many platforms that offer courses that are free, to provide information to curious learners. For example:

(ET)MOOC – Massive Open Online Course Educational Technology & Media:

ETMOOC is a place that provides all information for a course online, free to anyone – but feedback was only delivered to paying students, enrolled in the course. The resources were available online for people to study – the greater good – to better the world!

Coursera,Edx and Udacity:

Free online courses available to anyone. You can watch videos, read textbook and take quizzes online. There is no feedback provided.

Resources:

Open source resources are things like textbooks, that are free to use. Here are a couple of places to access open resources:

ERAC

open.bccampus.ca : open textbooks

 

Research:

space – a place where universities publish papers and research, one version before the final version, available free for everyone.

Most University have one: dspace.library.uvic.ca

Story – Jack Andraka

He was a young boy who lost his uncle to pancreatic cancer. He was interested in how to detect pancreatic cancer earlier, and did research by getting access to papers by emailing professors for and getting their pre-published drafts. He ended up figuring out a way to detect cancer for a $3.00 test. This is the importance of open access research – he really had to fight for information.

Copyrights

With all of these open sources, it is important to remember and respect copyrights. Many sources (textbooks, images, journal articles, etc.) are protected by copyright, and you can’t use it. Be aware of copyright laws!

Fair Dealing – protects users. In copyright infringements there are a few loop holes that allow users to use material without getting into legal trouble.

Copyright Matters: A book to help teachers understand copyrights.

 

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is the in between space full copyright protection and open source material. It is a space that allows authors and artists to share their work, in a

Allows users to choose an agreement licence that they choose:

You can allow or disallow adaptations and commercial uses. It is a non-profit organization that gives people a platform to share their work for public use.

Instructions to attribute sources:

Include: Title, author, source, and license

Link to the author or source!

Tip: Go to google, advanced image search settings, filter by usage rights!!!

Dog, https://www.pexels.com/photo/portrait-of-a-dog-257540/ license CC0