Key points

As an OERu course, learners are not required to purchase any prescribed texts. All study materials are available as open educational resources.

1. All the materials required for successful completion of the OCL4Ed course are contained within the learning sequences.
2. We encourage learners to search the web for open access materials to support your learning.
3. We also provide a list of recommended open access materials on OERs and copyright below.

Recommended resources

Open educational resources

• D.E. Atkins, J.S. Brown & A.L. Hammond. 2007. A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities. Report to The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
• Butcher, N., and Hoosen, S. 2012. Exploring the Business Case for Open Educational Resources. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
• COL, and UNESCO. 2011. Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
• Dhanarajan, G., and Porter, D. (Eds.) 2013. Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning: Open Educational Resources: An Asian Perspective Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
• Miao, F., Mishra, S., & McGreal, R. (Eds.). (2016). Open Educational Resources: Policy, Costs and Transformation. Commonwealth of Learning (COL).
• Glennie, J., Harley, K., Butcher, N. and van Wyk, T. (Eds.) 2012. Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning: Open Educational Resources and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
• Gurell, S. 2008. OER Handbook for Educators 1.0, WikiEducator. (Online print version also available from Lulu.com].)
• Hilton III, J. (Ed.). (2017). Special Issue: Outcomes of Openness: Empirical Reports on the Implementation of OER. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, No 4 (2017).
• Hoosen, S. (Neil Butcher & Associates) 2012. Survey on Governments’ Open Educational Resources (OER) Policies. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
• Jhangiani, R. S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (Eds.). (2017). Open. The philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science. Ubiquity Press.
• Kanwar, A. Uvalić-Trumbić, S., and Butcher, N. 2011. A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER). Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
• McGreal, R. (Ed.). (2015). Special Issue: OER and MOOCs. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 16(5).
• McGreal, R., Kinuthia, W., Marshall, S., & McNamara, T. (Eds.). (2013). Open Educational Resources: Innovation, Research and Practice. Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
• OECD 2007. Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources. Paris: OECD.
• OCLOS 2007. Open Educational Content – Introduction and Tutorials, WikiEducator.
• SURF 2013. Trend Report: Open Educational Resources 2013. Special Interest Group Open Educational Resources, SURF.
• UNESCO. 2012. Paris OER Declaration. Paris: UNESCO.
• Wiley, D. 2007. Open Educational Resources: On the Sustainability of OER initiatives. Paper commissioned by the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) for the project on Open Educational Resources. Paris: OECD.

Copyright and open licensing

• Band, J. and Gerafi, J. 2013. The Fair Use/Fair Dealing Handbook. Infojustice.org.
• Fitzgerald, B. 2007. Open Educational Resources, Open Content Licensing (OCL). Paper commissioned by the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) for the project on Open Educational Resources. Paris: UNESCO.
• Hofman, J. 2009. Introducing Copyright: A plain language guide to copyright in the 21st century. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
• Prabhala, A. 2010. Copyright and Open Educational Resources. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
• Stacey, P., & Hinchliff, S. (2017). Made with Creative Commons. Copenhagen: Ctrl+Alt+Delete Books.
• UNESCO. 2010. The ABC of Copyright. Paris: UNESCO