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From the video recording about Copyright by the Manager of Educational Technologies, Clint Lalonde. I have learned about Open Education, The 5 R’s, and Creative Commons:

Openness in Education means:

• Education is effective only when it is open
• There is no education happening if the teacher is not sharing what they know
• Education is sharing
• Education is being open

Thus, there are three pillars to Open Education:

1. Open Education Resources (OER) are in the public domain. This means anyone can legally and freely copy, adapt, and share;
2. Open Pedagogy is a set of teaching and learning practices are shared in the context of 5R (re-use, revise, remix, redistribute, retain);
3. Open Technology is limited to open educational resources that facilitate collaborative, flexible learning, and open sharing of teaching practices.

Furthermore, Clint explained the meaning of the 5 R’s:

Retain: to make and own copies

Re-use: to use in a wide range

Revise: to adapt, modify, and improve

Remix: to combine two or more

Redistribute: to share with others

Lastly, Clint unpacked the Creative Commons concepts and symbols:

Photo Credit: http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-03-25-creativecommonslicenses-thumb.jpg

 

Learning is a very human activity. The more people feel they are being treated as human beings – that their human needs are being taken into account – the more they are likely to learn, and learn to learn– Malcom Knowles

References

Lalonde, C. (2018). Into the great wide open [Video file]. Royal Roads University, School Education & Technology, 2018 MALAT Virtual Symposium. https://ca.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/playback/load/822e24b327fb446fb5458d18bba3416e