{"id":59,"date":"2022-04-18T06:23:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T06:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/iotb\/chapter\/4-1-adapting-and-remixing-oer\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T04:16:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T04:16:58","slug":"4-1-adapting-and-remixing-oer","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/iotb\/chapter\/4-1-adapting-and-remixing-oer\/","title":{"raw":"Adapting and Remixing OER","rendered":"Adapting and Remixing OER"},"content":{"raw":"
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Adaptation<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nThe term adaptation is commonly used to describe the process of making changes to an existing work. We can also replace \u201cadapt\u201d with revise, modify, alter, customise, remix, or other synonyms that describe the act of making a change.\n\nWhen it comes to working with [pb_glossary id=\"314\"]open textbooks[\/pb_glossary] (and open educational resources in general), one of the conceptual hurdles faced by most people is around the notion of adapting or changing someone\u2019s work. What exactly can be adapted within the scope of an open resource? Won\u2019t the original author get upset if you change their work?<\/span>\n
\n\nChanging someone\u2019s work can feel uncomfortable. But rest assured, if the author has released their work under a Creative Commons licence that allows for adaptation (which is any Creative Commons licence except the <\/span>No Derivatives (ND)<\/a>[footnote]Creative Commons. (n.d.). <\/span>Attibution-NoDerivatives 4.0 international<\/em>. <\/span>https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/legalcode<\/a> CC BY 4.0<\/a>[\/footnote] licence), then they expect that you will change the content, providing you give them the proper attribution. Using information and media from an open textbook or other open educational resource is not considered plagiarism.<\/span>\n\nAdaptation of an OER is possible where the copyright holder has already granted permission by releasing their work using certain open \u2014 or [pb_glossary id=\"305\"]Creative Commons[\/pb_glossary]\u2014licences as outlined in chapter 2<\/a>.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\nDetermine reasons for adapting an OER<\/span>\n
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\n\nWhen you use an openly licenced textbook or other open educational resource, you are free to adapt it to fit your learners\u2019 needs. In other words, you can adjust the resource to fit your course curriculum, not the other way round. Other reasons for revising an existing open work might be to:\n\n<\/div>\n
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