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 * Determine requirements for copyright clearance to release materials under Creative Commons licences;
 * Negotiate rights to use materials under Creative Commons licences;
 * Reflect copyright statements accurately in materials of different kinds and multiple media.

Expertise in developing and explaining business models that justify, to institutions, individual educators, and other creators of educational content (including publishers), the use of open licensing and that illustrate the benefits.

Programme, course, and materials design and development expertise, with a particular focus on helping educators to harness the full potential of resource based learning in their programmes and courses. This requires a thorough understanding of education (pedagogy; being able to differentiate between open, distance, electronic and blended learning – and their respective merits, etc), as well as the context of education, tailored to the specific sector in which work is taking place. In addition, it requires skills in:
 * Conducting educational needs assessments;
 * Managing curriculum development processes;
 * Effective identification of target audiences;
 * Definition of effective and relevant learning outcomes;
 * Identification of relevant content areas for programmes, courses, and modules;
 * Selection of appropriate combinations of teaching and learning strategies to achieve identified learning outcomes;
 * Financial planning to ensure affordability and long-term sustainability of teaching and learning strategies selected;
 * Developing effective and engaging teaching and learning materials;
 * Integrating meaningful student support into materials during design;
 * Designing appropriate effective assessment strategies;
 * Applying the most appropriate media and technologies to support learning outcomes;
 * Using media and technologies to support educational delivery, interaction, and student support;
 * Sourcing OERs, including a knowledge of the strengths and features of the main repositories, specialized repositories, and OER search engines;
 * Adapting and integrating OER coherently into contextualized programme and course curricula;
 * Negotiating with external individuals /organizations to issue or re-issue resources under open licences;