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"Open Education Resources (OER) just got a big boost this weekend. Long time OER champion Dr. Catherine Casserly was just elected yesterday to the Board of Directors of Creative Commons to help provide further direction for the Open Education Resources movement worldwide. 2010-02-01-Casseerly4.jpg For those of you who never heard of OER, let me explain. In brief, OER is high quality learning materials that are freely available for use, remixing and redistribution; the name was first adopted by UNESCO in 2002. The push to further develop OER comes at a critical time when schools nationwide are seeking ways to improve learning. Creative Commons (CC) plays a major role in the OER movement as it provides the legal structure for sharing creative works and making them available for others to build upon and share. The CC organization has six licenses that allow creators to share their works easily."

"Screencast which demonstrates how to add a Creative Commons license to offline works created in September 2009 for the University of Cape Town. http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct."

"License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/za/ . Screencast which demonstrates how to add a Creative Commons license to offline works created in September 2009 for the University of Cape Town. http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct"

"Our Goals * Minimize legal, technical, and social barriers to the creation and reuse of OER. * Bring new communities and groups into the world of open learning. * Change the culture of education so that teachers have greater control over their pedagogy, greater freedom to experiment, and a larger community for support. * Empower participation and expertise in education from around the world."

Our Goals\n\n * Minimize legal, technical, and social barriers to the creation and reuse of OER.\n * Bring new communities and groups into the world of open learning.\n * Change the culture of education so that teachers have greater control over their pedagogy, greater freedom to experiment, and a larger community for support.\n * Empower participation and expertise in education from around the world.\n