| Περίληψη: | This document provides an overview of the key intellectual property rights and licensing considerations in open educational resources (OER). In preparing this document, the online available intellectual property policies of Australian universities were reviewed to assess how these documents currently address the ownership of content created and developed by university employees. Input on existing and emerging practices was sought from Australian universities, through feedback provided by key stakeholders during the 'Open Educational Resources National Symposium' held in Sydney in August 2012. This document offers recommendations to assist decision makers and managers at Australian universities to develop policy and processes, which support university and individual engagement in OER. It includes: an explanation of OER; an overview of intellectual property and the main rights considerations in OER, including copyright, moral rights and performers' rights; an overview on open content licensing, particularly the Creative Commons licences, and how open content licensing supports OER; an overview of the way in which universities currently manage ownership of university content and how this may apply to OER; the role of policy to support OER development at universities; links to resources and websites that are supportive of OER development; and an overview of how copyright ownership is currently addressed in intellectual property policies at Australian universities. [Introduction and Overview, ed]
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