The University of Alberta’s Opening Up Copyright (OUC) instructional modules team is pleased to share another update on the series.

With news that the Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal in the Access Copyright / York University case, these four new modules are a timely way to learn more about post-secondary copyright issues:

Special thanks to the University of Alberta's OER Awards program for funding these modules, and to long-time OUC contributor Julia Guy, who finished up her work on the project last month.

Through the fall of this year and into 2021 we will be working on the following introductory modules for the series:

Creating and Sharing Materials
Using Materials

Introduction to the Opening Up Copyright Module Series.

In addition, and with support from the University of Alberta's Support for Advancement of Scholarship (SAS) fund, a set of modules dealing with copyright in the K-12 context are being developed in collaboration with Dr. Cathy Adams (University of Alberta, Faculty of Education).

All of these modules, including slides and scripts, are published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence. This means they can be adopted and adapted by anyone. If you are linking to, adopting, or adapting the modules we would love to hear about it! Please add this information to our OUC ModuleUse Community Page.

As a reminder, the Opening Up Copyright CommunityPages provide an overview of the entire suite of modules to be developed as part of the series. We encourage you to contribute to the individual module pages, where we hope to collect your ideas, feedback or suggestions. Consider sharing suggestions for Learning Objectives, ideas for Narratives or Contextual Stories, Test Questions, Links to Useful Resources, or Other Suggestions for modules that interest you. You also have the option of including your name on these pages, so that we can provide attribution for your contributions at the end of the module. Feedback can also be sent directly to copyright@ualberta.ca with the subject line “OER Copyright Module.”

And finally, don't forget to register for the ABC Fall Speakers' Series. On November 25 contributors from both the Opening Up Copyright and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries' (CARL) Copyright Open Educational Resource for University Instructors and Staff project teams will be presenting on how these two initiatives are working together to broaden copyright literacy.