How to use the course material

This course is self-paced, which means you can work on it whenever suits you.

The course is structured into six units that comprise three or four sections. Learning outcomes are provided for each unit. Each unit should take around three hours to complete.

Each section of the course has reflection points, so you may want to write down your thoughts and ideas as the course progresses. At the end of every unit there is an end-of-unit quiz to test your understanding of the topics covered.

Here is an overview of the course content:

1. What is copyright?
   • 1.1 Copyright basics
   • 1.2 Myanmar copyright law
   • 1.3 Global aspect of copyright
   • 1.4 Exceptions and limitations to copyright
2. Introducing the public domain and Creative Commons
   • 2.1 The public domain
   • 2.2 The story of Creative Commons
   • 2.3 Creative Commons today
3. Anatomy of a CC licence
   • 3.1 Licence terminology
   • 3.2 Licence scope
   • 3.3 Licence types
   • 3.4 Licence terminology
4. OER and using CC-licensed work
   • 4.1 Open educational resources (OER)
   • 4.2 Why use openly licensed material?
   • 4.3 Finding and evaluating OER
   • 4.4 Attributing OER
5. Creating CC-licensed work
   • 5.1 Choosing and applying a CC licence
   • 5.2 Things to consider after CC licensing
   • 5.3 Remixing CC-licensed work
6. You and your university
   • 6.1 Open access to scholarship
   • 6.2 Opening up your institution
   • 6.3 What next?

You must complete all sections of the course and achieve at least a 60% score on each quiz to be awarded a statement of participation. You may attempt each quiz as many times as you like.

This course has been designed to be used in several ways. You can work through the whole course as described above. Alternatively, you could focus on using particular sections of the course to refresh your understanding or find out more about particular topics you are interested in. You could work on the course alone or with a group of colleagues.

If you are new to online learning you may want to review Get started with online learning [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] before you begin the course.