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About the sponsors for the OCL4Ed 12.06 workshop
The OER Foundation (OERF) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that provides leadership, international networking and support for educational institutions to achieve their objectives through open education. The OER university is a flagship project of the Foundation.
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. The COL has adopted an OER policy and established two honorary Chairs in OER. This workshop is sponsored through the COL Chairs in OER programme.
Otago Polytechnic is the oldest Institute of Technology in New Zealand. Otago Polytechnic is the first post-secondary institution in the world to adopt a default Creative Commons Attribution intellectual property policy. Otago Polytechnic is a founding anchor partner of the OERu and hosts the COL Chair in OER.
Athabasca University as Canada’s Open University, is dedicated to the removal of barriers that restrict access to and success in university-level study and to increasing equality of educational opportunity for adult learners worldwide. Athabasca University is a founding anchor partner of the OERu and hosts the UNESCO-COL Chair in OER.

Open content licensing for educators is a free online workshop designed for educators and students who want to learn more about open education resources, copyright, and creative commons licenses.

The course materials were developed as a collaborative project by volunteers from the OER Foundation, WikiEducator, the OpenCourseWare Consortium and Creative Commons with funding support from UNESCO. The course will provide prerequisite knowledge required by educators to legally remix open education materials and help institutions to take informed decisions about open content licenses.

This free workshop is sponsored by the OER Foundation, the COL Chair in OER at Otago Polytechnic, and the UNESCO-COL Chair in OER at Athabasca University.

The workshop is scheduled for 20 June - 3 July 2012. to coincide with the UNESCO World OER Congress in Paris.

Participants will need approximately 1 hour for each session of the workshop at a time which suits your own schedule. The workshop is divided into 5 sessions each spanning two working days.

Download poster for OCL4Ed Workshop (614KB)

Register today and share the gift of knowledge

The course will be hosted using the OER Foundation's Moodle website.

1. If you are familiar with Moodle, you can go directly and register for the course (First create an account and click on the "Enrol me in this course" link on the left-hand side of your screen.)
2. If you are not sure how to register, consult these guidelines for getting started.
3. Share the gift of knowledge and invite your friends and colleagues to join us for this inaugural workshop. We aim to break a world record for hosting the largest free workshop on open content licensing. Send them a link to this url: http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/About