In this section, we discovered the four-part test used to determine if an assignment is renewable. This can be done by asking the questions:

• Are students asked to create new artifacts (essays, poems videos, songs, etc) or revise/remix existing OER?

• Does the new artifact have value beyond supporting the learning of its author?

• Are students invited to publicly share their new artifacts or revised/remixed OER?

• Are students invited to openly license their new artifacts or revised/remixed OER?

We also looked at the variety of ways renewable assignments can be reworked using the 5Rs once openly licensed. Using the 5Rs, we can:

• Retain - make, own, and control a copy of the assignment (e.g., download and keep your own copy)

• Revise - edit, adapt, and modify your copy of the assignment (e.g., translate into another language)

• Remix - combine your original or revised copy of the assignment with other existing material to create something new (e.g., make a mashup)

• Reuse - use your original, revised, or remixed copy of the assignment publicly (e.g., on a website, in a presentation, in a class)

• Redistribute - share copies of your original, revised, or remixed copy of the assignment with others (e.g., post a copy online or give one to a friend)

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In the final section, we will take a look at additional features of renewable assignments.