Decoding the "Code of Best Practices in Fair Dealing for Open Educational Resources (OER)"
Date
2024-06-20Author
Johnson, Rowena
Savage, Stephanie
Dickison, Josh
Martin, Heather
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In 2022 the Canadian Association of Research Libraries struck a working group to create a Canadian adaptation of the US Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources. Intended to address the relative lack of practical guidance for OER developers regarding the use of third-party copyrighted material in open educational resources (OER), the Canadian Code provides a judicious and legally sound basis for the application of the fair dealing exception in the context of OER creation.
As of late 2023, the working group has completed their adaptation and is developing dissemination and implementation strategies to support the Code’s use and adoption by institutions and OER practitioners across Canada.