The Open Educational Licensing project was a joint research project undertaken by Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Tasmania. It was supported by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The project aimed to clarify the copyright and licensing issues around MOOCs and other open online resources in the current Australian higher education market and develop and disseminate practical resources to help Australian universities compete globally.
About the project
Project stages
Research
Data was collected on the current plans and needs of Australian universities around copyright, licensing and open education practices. The Research page contains more detail on the research methodology and preliminary analysis.
Development
The OEL Toolkit web application was designed and developed as an effective and practical copyright and licensing tool to assist university educators and managers make effective business and pedagogical decisions around the open licensing of online education materials and services.
Dissemination
Information was disseminated to help the sector design effective policies and practices for the development and deployment of open online educational resources in a global environment.
In 2015 the project team surveyed and collected information from managers and policy makers, educators and educational developers and information professionals from Australian universities about their understanding and experiences of licensing issues and open online education. On the basis of information collected, in 2016 the team developed the Open Education Licensing Toolkit for use by the Australian Higher Education sector. Testing and further development of the toolkit was undertaken in stakeholder workshops held around Australia from July to October 2016. The OEL Toolkit is now openly available.
Research team
The research team worked to gather and analyse data, and create content and resources to be included in the OEL Toolkit.
PROJECT LEADER
Robin Wright
Copyright Manager, Swinburne University of Technology
TEAM MEMBER
Dr Carina Bossu
Lecturer Learning and Teaching, University of Tasmania
TEAM MEMBER
Derek Whitehead OAM
Adjunct Professor, Swinburne Institute of Social Research
TEAM MEMBER
Luke Padgett
Manager, Teaching Innovation and Copyright, Tasmanian Institute of Learning and Teaching, University of Tasmania
PROJECT OFFICER
Felix Wilson
Project Officer, Swinburne University of Technology
Toolkit Development team
The toolkit development team was engaged by the OEL project team to design and develop the OEL toolkit web application.
TOOLKIT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Luke Padgett
Manager, Teaching Innovation and Copyright, Tasmanian Institute of Learning and Teaching, University of Tasmania
WEB DEVELOPER
Tony Carew
Educational Developer, Tasmanian Institute of Learning and Teaching, University of Tasmania
DESIGNER
Beale van der Veer
Educational Designer, Tasmanian Institute of Learning and Teaching, University of Tasmania
