The 5Rs

Open = Free + Permissions (The 5Rs)

The 5Rs are a useful way to appreciate the value of OER. These permissions help you, the user of openly licensed content, understand what you are allowed to do with the work. These permissions are granted in advance and are legally established through Public Domain or Creative Commons license:

• Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)
• Remix -  the right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)
• Reuse - the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video)
• Retain -  the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage)
• Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)

Reused from "ACC Learn OER" by Carrie Gits licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Links open in a new window. 

"5Rs image" by David Wiley, Lumen Learning is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Links open in an new window.