%0	Journal Article
%A	Whitfield, Stephen
%A	Robinson, Zoe
%D	2012
%J	Planet
%K	re-purposing challenges
%K	peer-review process
%K	OER repositories
%K	developing OER
%K	copyright challenges
%N	1
%P	51-54
%R	10.11120/plan.2012.00250051
%T	Open educational resources: The challenges of ‘usability’ and copyright clearance
%V	25
%X	AbstractThis article reflects on the experiences of Keele University's participation in repurposing teaching materials for open access as part of the GEES consortium within the Higher Education Academy/ JISC Open Educational Resources (OER) pilot project. The team at Keele contributed over 100 separate OER, principally PowerPoint slide sets, reading lists and activity sheets across a number of climate change and sustainability-related themes. This paper explores some of the challenges that arose in the ‘repurposing’ of existing teaching materials for open access, including the issues of end-user usability and obtaining copyright clearance for image intensive resources. The paper concludes with advice for those interested in making existing or new resources suitable for open access.
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