These are Max Müller and Sabine Maier from the Alber-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg.
Max Müller studies biology. Sabine Maier is responsible for teaching courses.
Both have created materials that are excellent Open Educational Resources.
Max is currently attending a seminar on photosynthesis.
To help him understand the complex topic, he has created an overview graphic.
The other students in the course like the graphic so much that Max would like to share it with them.
That gives him an idea.
Maybe more people can benefit from it. But how?
Max first heard about Open Educational Resources and CC licences via social media.
But he is not familiar with the topics in detail.
Sabine Maier has produced an online course introducing academic writing.
Colleagues regularly ask her if they can use the course for their own teaching.
Sabine Maier is pleased about the demand, but it would be easier if she didn't have to give permission to everyone individually.
That is why she wants to make her course available to all interested parties under an open licence.
However, she wants toremain clearly recognisable as the author.
Sabine Maier and Max Müller do not know how the publishing of teaching and learning materials works and what they have to consider.
Sabine Maier has also included other people's materials in her course.
She is unsure whether this is allowed and if so, how it has to be labelled.
During their research, they found out that the CC BY licence is generally recommended.
But what is the difference to the other licence modules?
It is precisely in order to clarify such questions
that a central contact point for all members of the University of Freiburg was created within the framework of the 4D project.
4D is a digitalisation project funded by "Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre"
The staff of the OER contact point offer individual advice and qualification.
They help with media-didactic, technical and legal questions.
Therefore they can also accompany Max Müller and Sabine Maier in publishing their OER projects.
If you would also like support with the production and publication of OER,
please feel free to contact the contact point.
To make a personal appointment, send an email to oer@rz.uni-freiburg.de