This is the ccLearn FAQ. Each question links to a separate page within the FAQ. Questions pertain to the field of education only, such as CC licensing in regards to Open Educational Resources (OER). For more general questions, see the Creative Commons FAQ.
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For Administrators
- Do we need parental permission for children to post things on the internet?
- How can we reward children for doing good work (by posting their work online) while still protecting their identities?
- How will I be able to afford the extra costs of training teachers to use OER?
- If I legally post online materials created by a minor, would I be liable if someone else misuses that material?
- If children create materials in the course of their assignments, who owns the copyright?
- OER are unlikely to be as high-quality, or gain acceptance with the State standards boards, so it is safer to avoid them, don’t you think?
- OER require too much technology, and our school doesn’t have those types of resources. So we probably can’t participate, right?
- Other than cost-savings, what other compelling reasons are there for using OER at my school?
- Should I be worried about encouraging students to look up classroom materials online? What about attendance? What about tests? What about academic honesty?
- Should I be worried about the abilities of my teachers to actually utilize OER in their classrooms?
- There is only so much time in the day, so I don’t want to recommend that teachers spend extra time on using new materials or involving students in these ways. Wouldn’t you agree that there is a trade-off here?
- We cannot afford cheap, unreliable learning materials. The future of our children’s education is at stake! Don’t you agree?
For Copyright Holders
- How do I license everything on my site that I produce under the same license?
- How do I properly incorporate CC licenses for the resources on my site?
- I want to make sure that my OER are only for personal use. I should restrict my OER to “personal use” only, right?
- I want to make sure that the OER I create are used only for truly educational purposes. That means I should limit my works to “educational use only,” right?
- My site has resources subject to different licensing terms. How do I deal with this?
- What are Terms of Use?
- What are some examples of conflicting statements in the Terms of Use?
- What if I want to add some conditions and I clarify what I mean by a specific term? Is there anything wrong with adding conditions on top of a CC license?
- What is wrong with customized licenses?
- What makes a successful Terms of Use section?
- Why do I have to mark every page (or every resource) separately? Can’t I just put the license in the Terms of Use on one page?
- Why is a Terms of Use section necessary?
For Instructors
- How can I find OER?
- How can I find colleagues using OER in my field, or teaching at my grade level?
- How do I know that the OER are trustworthy or factual (etc.)?
- I am worried that I will lose control of my classroom if I use materials that the students can get online. Should I be?
- I am worried that it will take me too much time to organize OER for use in my classroom. How will OER save me time?
- I am worried that students will have no reason to attend my class if the materials are always available to them. How can I avoid this potential problem?
- I am worried that the students will discover better ways of learning the material than I can offer, and I will look stupid. What can I do about this?
- I don’t mind other people using and adapting my work, but I want the derivative works to always remain available for others to use as well, so I should apply the SA term, correct?
- I have always used materials from the WWW without any problems, under the auspices of fair-use. Why should I use OER instead?
- I would hate to see people damage the integrity of my work, so my best recourse is to use the ND term, correct?
- I would like to give some feedback to the author of the OER. Can I do that?
- I would like to include the OER in one of my lesson plans, which I am also placing on the WWW. Is this OK?
- I would like to use OER in my classroom, but I cannot afford to use materials that are not reconciled with my state standards. Are there any OER available for which this has been done?
- I would love to share my own OER, but want to be sure that no one else profits from my work. I should apply the NC term, correct?
- If I apply a CC license to my work, doesn’t that mean that I can never license my works in any other way?
- My school wants to post all of the materials I use online. Is there any problem with doing so?
- The OER are in the wrong language. Can I translate them?
- The OER are not quite what I need. Can I adapt them to be a better fit for my situation?
- Who creates OER?
For Learners
- Do I have to pay to use OER?
- How can I find more OER?
- How do I know the OER I am looking at are any good?
- I found an error. Am I allowed to correct the OER?
- I think I can make something better or more appropriate or in the a different language (etc.) than the OER I am currently learning from. Do I have the right to improve it?
- If the OER is licensed CC-BY-NC (or CC-BY-NC-SA), does that mean that it can only be used for educational purposes?
- What are OER?
- Will learning with OER give me course credit?
For OER Creators
- How can I find OER?
- How can I find colleagues using OER in my field, or teaching at my grade level?
- How do I know that the OER are trustworthy or factual (etc.)?
- How do I license everything on my site that I produce under the same license?
- How do I properly incorporate CC licenses for the resources on my site?
- I am worried that I will lose control of my classroom if I use materials that the students can get online. Should I be?
- I am worried that it will take me too much time to organize OER for use in my classroom. How will OER save me time?
- I am worried that students will have no reason to attend my class if the materials are always available to them. How can I avoid this potential problem?
- I am worried that the students will discover better ways of learning the material than I can offer, and I will look stupid. What can I do about this?
- I don’t mind other people using and adapting my work, but I want the derivative works to always remain available for others to use as well, so I should apply the SA term, correct?
- I have always used materials from the WWW without any problems, under the auspices of fair-use. Why should I use OER instead?
- I want to make sure that my OER are only for personal use. I should restrict my OER to “personal use” only, right?
- I want to make sure that the OER I create are used only for truly educational purposes. That means I should limit my works to “educational use only,” right?
- I would hate to see people damage the integrity of my work, so my best recourse is to use the ND term, correct?
- I would like to give some feedback to the author of the OER. Can I do that?
- I would like to include the OER in one of my lesson plans, which I am also placing on the WWW. Is this OK?
- I would like to use OER in my classroom, but I cannot afford to use materials that are not reconciled with my state standards. Are there any OER available for which this has been done?
- I would love to share my own OER, but want to be sure that no one else profits from my work. I should apply the NC term, correct?
- If I apply a CC license to my work, doesn’t that mean that I can never license my works in any other way?
- My school wants to post all of the materials I use online. Is there any problem with doing so?
- My site has resources subject to different licensing terms. How do I deal with this?
- The OER are in the wrong language. Can I translate them?
- The OER are not quite what I need. Can I adapt them to be a better fit for my situation?
- What are Terms of Use?
- What are some examples of conflicting statements in the Terms of Use?
- What if I want to add some conditions and I clarify what I mean by a specific term? Is there anything wrong with adding conditions on top of a CC license?
- What is wrong with customized licenses?
- What makes a successful Terms of Use section?
- Who creates OER?
- Why do I have to mark every page (or every resource) separately? Can’t I just put the license in the Terms of Use on one page?
- Why is a Terms of Use section necessary?
