preknowledge

Preknowledge

To successfully complete this learning challenge, you will need:

  • Basic computer skills to launch and navigate applications and manage files (open, save, move, copy, rename)
  • Basic web browsing skills to navigate websites, open and navigate tabs, and the ability to download and save files from the internet
  • Basic word processing skills to format text, manipulate images, and generate PDF documents
  • Ability to search, find, and filter images based on Creative Commons licence types
  • Knowledge of compatibility between different types of Creative Commons licence
  • Ability to attribute openly licensed images correctly, meeting minimum legal requirements

You will also need to have created an account on the DS4OERS Moodle site.

activity

Challenge tasks and requirements

Develop a printable teaching resource in PDF format in a curriculum area of your choice to be used in a classroom incorporating openly licensed images you have found on the internet.

Your resource must:

  1. Include a minimum of two openly licensed images you found online. Please ensure that the licences of the re-mix are compatible. (Remember that icon symbols also count as images.)
  2. Provide clear instructions for learners
  3. Incorporate active learning, i.e. learners must do something
  4. Take between 10 minutes and up to a maximum of 30 minutes for the average learner to complete
  5. Attribute all images contained in the resource
  6. Be saved in PDF format (save and retain the editable file version – you will need this later in the course)
  7. Be published under an OER compatible open licence
  8. Be uploaded to the DS4OERS Moodle site and approved by a teacher on this course

Self-assessment

Review your achievement on this challenge by conducting a traffic light self-assessment.

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I can do this well (Distinguished)
A high quality teaching resource likely to be re-used by my peers

The resource demonstrates:

  • Inviting and professional layout using appropriate images
  • Engaging and effective learning activity(ies)
  • Legal adherence to all aspects of copyright
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I can do this (Intermediate)
A functional teaching resource that I am happy to use in my classroom

  • Layout could be improved
  • Acceptable learning activity
  • Legal adherence to all aspects of copyright
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I need more practice (Novice)
Resource is still in the early draft phase and needs more work
One or more of the following evident / missing in the draft:

  • Missing copyright statement
  • Missing or incomplete attributions for one or more images
  • Incompatible licences used in the resource
  • Unprofessional layout with more than three fonts, and/or inconsistent formatting and/or difficult to read
  • Activity not likely to add value to the learning experience, taking context into account
reflection

Checklist BEFORE submitting

Your resource will be reviewed by the facilitators, and must be approved before the badge will be awarded. Please work through this checklist BEFORE uploading your resource for review:

  1. Does your resource contain a minimum of two openly licensed images you found on the Internet?
    • If there is no licence statement on the website where you found the image, it is all rights reserved and doesn’t qualify as OER. Submitting images that are not openly licensed is a breach of copyright.
  2. Is there a complete and correct attribution using TASL for every image contained in the submission?
    • You must hyperlink to the original source of the image (not just the general website where you found the image, but the actual link where you can download the image. Test the hyperlink before submitting. If it doesn’t go directly to the image, you will not qualify for the badge.)
    • You must state and hyperlink to the correct open licence.
  3. Did you check for remix compatibility of the images included in your resource? For example:
    • you cannot remix CC-BY-SA with CC-BY-NC-SA resources;
    • you cannot adapt or modify a resource with a ‘No Derivatives’ (ND) restriction.
  4. Does your resource contain a copyright statement with an OER open licence?
    • In the absence of an open licence for the resource you submitted, it is probably all rights reserved and not considered an OER.
    • For example: “© 2021. Name of copyright holder goes here This resource is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (or insert an alternate, compatible open licence).”

Upload your resource and earn a badge

When you are satisfied that your resource is of a suitable quality, you are invited to upload it to the DS4OERS Moodle site.

See Upload a learning challenge resource for instructions.

Your resource will be reviewed by a teacher on the course. This may take some time, depending on the time-zone the teacher is working in, but will typically be done within 24 hours if received on a working day.

If approved:

  • Your resource will be shared with other learners in Moodle
  • You will be awarded the OER Image Badge

You can also view and download resources created for this learning challenge by other learners on the course. See Explore other learners’ resources for instructions.