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Attribution Statements for OER

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Introduction

The foundation of OER is based upon the principles of the 5Rs, where permission to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute is granted by the clauses of the Creative Commons License (CC). 

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Regardless of the privileges assigned by the Creative Commons License, all CC licenses require that the ‘BY’ condition must be fulfilled. That is, every work must give credit to at least the original creator, by a formal attribution statement. 

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This module focuses on defining attribution statements and describing its best practices. 

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Intro

Available Formats

The content of this module is also available in the following formats:

Video

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Job Aid

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Learning Objectives

 After completing this unit, you will be able to to:

  1. Define attribution statements

  2. Identify the key elements of attribution statements

  3. Know the difference between scholarly citation and attribution statements

  4. Create and Place Attribution Statements for different media types

  5. Create Attribution Statements using an Online Attribution Builder

Attribution Statements

OER Attribution Statements contain key elements that give credit to, or attributes, the original creator of the openly licensed work. This can include text, images, modified images, or podcasts. Any altered work must also be indicated in the attribution statement.

 

 

This text was adapted from the section “Attribution Statements and Copyright Notices” of  Ryerson Open Textbook Authoring Guide by Ryerson University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. 

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Objectives
Definiton

Scholarly Citation vs. Attribution Statements

Attribution statements are similar in idea to scholarly citation, however with key differences.

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Key Elements of Attribution Statements

Best practice state that OER Attribution Statements should contain the following key elements:

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Key Elements

Placement of Attribution Statements

Placements
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Text in this section is from Queen's Open Textbook Authoring Guide by Queen's University and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Examples of Attribution Statements

Text

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Photos/Images

Modified

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"Roscoe Considers Recording a Podcast" by zoomar is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

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Attribution for modified images must include the changes made to the image

This work is a derivative of "Roscoe Considers Recording a Podcast" by zoomar is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 removes the background to focus on Roscoe.

Multimedia

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Podcasts, music, audio files

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Attributions can be:

  • Verbally mentioned or written before or after a video episode

  • Listed with episode information on hosting platform

"Modified Podcast Logo with My Headphones Photoshopped On" by Colleen AF Venable is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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Examples

Online Attribution Builder

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Creative Commons and Open Attribution Builder are two FREE online tools to make attribution easy.

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  • Remember, T-A-S-L

  • Simply place the title, author, source, and license information in the appropriate field and

  • The tool will automatically generate a correctly formatted attribution statement to place on the OER.

Creative Commons

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Open Attribution Builder

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Open Attribution Builder is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Managed by WA SBCTC

Open Attribution Builder is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Managed by WA SBCTC. 

This section includes material from “Providing Attribution When Using OER” by EME5250 Group, OER on OER is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International license.

Test Your Knowledge!

Quiz

References

Articles Related to Attribution, Citation, References by Joseph M. Moxley

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Attributing Creative Commons materials

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Attributing images licensed for reuse by UniSA Library

 

Creative Commons: Best practices for attribution

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Creative Commons licenses explained by Process Arts

 

How to Use Creative Commons Videos on YouTube Without Copyright Claims by Ian Corzine

 

Learning Solutions Discover—But Don't Misuse—the Wealth of Open-Access Media 

 

Ontario Tech University Attribution

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OER 101 “How to Use Open Educational Resources (OER)”

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OER on OER: Providing attribution when using OER

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Open Oregon Educational Resources “Attribution Statements for Remixed OER Content” 

 

Open Washington Open Educational Resources Network “How to use Open Educational Resources” 

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Open at Scale: Project Guidelines “Attribution Statements”

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Queen’s Open Textbook Authoring Guide “Images: Adding Captions, Attributions and Citations”

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Ryerson Open Textbook Authoring Guide “Attribution Statements and Copyright Notices”

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Self-Publishing Guide: BCcampus “Citation vs. Attribution”

References
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