Learning Object Copyright and Terms of Use

All Learning Objects developed by the ACoRD Project, and their aggregate parts (eg text, animations), are copyright of the ACoRD Project. Learning Objects are available for use under the Creative Commons 2.0 licence (BY-NC) and the conditions below.

Terms of Use

Private individuals, and publicly-funded educational and other institutions, may link to and use the Learning Objects on this site without restriction for non-commercial educational purposes. Use of any Learning Objects for any commercial purpose, or by any profit-making commercial entity, is not permitted without our express permission. If you wish to use a Learning Object for any commercial, revenue-generating or non-educational purpose, you must contact us to negotiate terms of use and payment.

We much prefer that you use this and other Learning Objects by linking to them on this website as:

  • this ensures you’re always using the most up-to-date version
  • we gain data on usage of the Learning Objects, from access statistics and user feedback forms

 

Local circumstances, such as network security policies, may constrain your ability to link to external sites, or may impair the usability of our objects. If you’re unable to run our Learning Objects ‘from source’ for these or other reasons, please contact us with a brief explanation of your circumstances and we may provide you with specified Learning Objects as an IMS Content Package.

Modification

Modification to adapt Learning Objects to local circumstances is permitted, with the following restrictions:

  1. The modified version must clearly display the ACoRD Project logo, and the copyright notice.
  2. The modified version must not be distributed outside the modifying institution without the express permission of the ACoRD Project team.

Contacts

If you have any queries about our Learning Objects, please contact acord@um.edu.my

Attribution

Please use the attribution below if you wish to refer to our learning objects. If you use Firefox, you can install the useful OpenAttribute add-on to allow you to easily copy and reference these and other materials marked as Creative Commons.

Learning Objects for the ACoRD Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.