Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources
Secondary title | A Guide for Authors, Adapters & Adopters of Openly Licensed Teaching and Learning Materials |
Published | 17 February 2021 |
Type of work | Code of best practices |
Series | Best Practices in Fair Use for OER Pages 46 |
Publisher | American University Washington College of Law |
Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
Fair use enables the creation of new and different OER - resilient materials that give educators the control and flexibility to meet the needs of their students and the pedagogical goals of their courses. In competition with this vision, subscription-based, one-size-fits-all, and time-limited models restrict the ability of educators to adapt their materials to their students' needs and experiences, while imposing inflexible demands on limited budgets. Educators must also be able to modify and adapt materials to fully meet the needs of all learners, including students with disabilities, marginalized students, and students facing emergent situations, such as disaster or dislocation. Educators should not be constrained to only what commercial publishers choose to offer and the formats they choose to offer it in. When OER authors are able to understand and rely on fair use, it allows them to create materials that are compelling, impactful, and adaptable.This Code is a tool for educators, librarians, and authors to evaluate common professional scenarios in which fair use can enable them to incorporate inserts, including those protected by copyright, to create OER. It can provide groups working on OER projects with a shared framework for evaluating and understanding when and how to incorporate existing content to meet pedagogical needs.
Keywords | fair use · copyright · OER · law |
Published at | Washington, DC |
Language | English |
Rights | CC BY |
URL | https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/impact/best-practices-in-fair-use/best-practices-in-fair-use-for-open-educational-resources/ |
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