matt mcgregor - creative commons in schools
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Presentation from the CC in Schools events on March 12, 13 and 17.TRANSCRIPT
Our goal:“To realise the potential of the internet.”
Our goal:“Universal access to researchand education, full participation in culture.”
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1. Free Licences
2. Projects
Schools: Creative Commons Policies
Let's begin with the obvious.
First point:It’s becoming much easier to access and reuse works online.
Second point: It hasn't always been easy to build on other works.
Family watching television, c. 1958. National Archives and Records Administration. 1944 – 2006. No known copyright.
Third point:The technical barriers to access and reuse are dropping
Screenshot from ‘Lego Life Lessons - Safety Tips for Walking to School’ by the Manning Brothers. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike licence.
Fourth point:Obvious potential to share a massive amount of educational resources for reuse
50,000+ teachers2,500+ schools
Enormous potential to save time, money & frustration.
50,000+ teachers2,500+ schools
Enormous potential to share & collaborate.
Fifth point:The legal barriers to dissemination & reuse remain.
Copyright is very restrictive. Automatic.Applies online.No 'c' required.Lasts for 50 years after death.
This means you legally need an exception or permission.
Exception = Fair Dealing (v limited)
Permission =1. Collecting society licences
(limited)2. Creative Commons (open)3. Out-of-copyright (v open)4. Other forms of permission
Sixth point:Teachers don’t own copyright to resources they produce in the course of their employment.
Seventh point:Most schools don't have clearIP policies on sharing & reuse.
“Grayson, Westley, Stanislaus County, Western San Joaquin Valley, California. Seventh and eighth grade class in Westley school after lesson in Geography” 1940, US National Archives 83-G-41445, via Flickr. No known copyright.
What to do?
Open education is global:US: $2 billion TAAACT GrantUtah & CA: open textbook Mongolia: OER HubLatin America: Project LATiNPoland: Open textbooks& across India, Africa, EU, Asia...
And New Zealand is leading the way:
40-50 CC schools (up from 4 in March 2013)Otago Poly and Lincoln UOER UniversitasOER FoundationNext step: Other NZ resources
How we can help:Workshops
Creativecommons.org.nz/workshopsWeb resources
Creativecommons.org.nz/educationPrint resources
[email protected]/community
How you can helpTell us about your experiences!
creativecommons.org.nz@cc_Aotearoa
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License.
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