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In my search to better understand Creative Commons, along with reading and viewing the resources shared by our instructor, I went on a Google search.
I came across the blog site of Paul Stacey, EdTech Frontier. Stacey presently works for Creative Commons and has been using Creative Commons open licenses as part of his work since 2003. He helped relaunch the Creative Commons Canada affiliate and was one of the first employees of BC Campus. In his blog Stacey writes extensively about the “Open” sector. In his latest post, Open Access dated March 2013, he begins by reflecting on the life of Aaron Swartz . Aaron was both an internet prodigy, he was involved in the launch of Creative Commons, and an activist, who was a strong advocate for open access, sadly he committed suicide on January 11, 2013.
In looking at the EdTech Frontier blog post from January 2011 titled Access Copyright’s Royalty Demands Spark Interest in OER I was drawn to two items. The first added to my understanding of OERs in relation to licensing:
Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning materials that are freely available under a
license that allows them to be:
· reused – you can reuse the content in its unaltered / verbatim form
revised – you can adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself
remixed – you can combine the original or revised content with other content to create something
redistributed – you can make and share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your
remixes with others
The second item of interest, shared by Stacey under "Open Study Groups", was "Peer 2 Peer University, an online open education initiative that provides free and open courses outside of the traditional university model..." . Intrigued I went to the P2PU site. What caught my eye was the heading “Facilitated Courses” under which was listed the open course Creative Commons for K-12 Educators, a fabulous find when our focus this week is on Creative Commons and I am an educator in the area of K-12 education. This link allowed me to see the course content and from there I accessed the topic of most interest to me Creative Commons in Context. I was then able to go to Creative Commons Licensing and Open Educational Resources (OER) and view the recorded seminar.
Being able to access this open and free course made me think about how far we have come, in what seems to me a short time. There are online courses that are now open and free for whomever wishes to take them. Free digital textbooks are being made available to students at universities. Creative commons led to the creation of Wikipedia, YouTube , Flickr and Photo Pin, to name a few of the websites that offer free content.
Creative Commons has changed the lives of many people in a positive way. Some have seen their lives go in directions they never thought possible, such as Stephen Downes. See his and others stories at True Stories of Openness.
With Creative Commons the creator can decide how they want their content shared, they can choose which license they want and it’s free. An example of how to choose a license can be seen here Explore the Creative Commons licenses. This page, About the Licenses from the Creative Commons website explains the different licenses. Each license has different guidelines on how others may use the licensee's work and each license has its own specific symbols. This is a page I know I will be referring to regularly, to guide me in the correct use of shared works under creative commons.
Creative Commons has taken us in a direction I am sure people could never have imagined possible and I'm sure we would be living in a different technological age if were not for Creative Commons.
I am curious to know, how has Creative Commons made a difference in your life?
In my search to better understand Creative Commons, along with reading and viewing the resources shared by our instructor, I went on a Google search.
I came across the blog site of Paul Stacey, EdTech Frontier. Stacey presently works for Creative Commons and has been using Creative Commons open licenses as part of his work since 2003. He helped relaunch the Creative Commons Canada affiliate and was one of the first employees of BC Campus. In his blog Stacey writes extensively about the “Open” sector. In his latest post, Open Access dated March 2013, he begins by reflecting on the life of Aaron Swartz . Aaron was both an internet prodigy, he was involved in the launch of Creative Commons, and an activist, who was a strong advocate for open access, sadly he committed suicide on January 11, 2013.
In looking at the EdTech Frontier blog post from January 2011 titled Access Copyright’s Royalty Demands Spark Interest in OER I was drawn to two items. The first added to my understanding of OERs in relation to licensing:
Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning materials that are freely available under a
license that allows them to be:
· reused – you can reuse the content in its unaltered / verbatim form
revised – you can adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself
remixed – you can combine the original or revised content with other content to create something
redistributed – you can make and share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your
remixes with others
The second item of interest, shared by Stacey under "Open Study Groups", was "Peer 2 Peer University, an online open education initiative that provides free and open courses outside of the traditional university model..." . Intrigued I went to the P2PU site. What caught my eye was the heading “Facilitated Courses” under which was listed the open course Creative Commons for K-12 Educators, a fabulous find when our focus this week is on Creative Commons and I am an educator in the area of K-12 education. This link allowed me to see the course content and from there I accessed the topic of most interest to me Creative Commons in Context. I was then able to go to Creative Commons Licensing and Open Educational Resources (OER) and view the recorded seminar.
Being able to access this open and free course made me think about how far we have come, in what seems to me a short time. There are online courses that are now open and free for whomever wishes to take them. Free digital textbooks are being made available to students at universities. Creative commons led to the creation of Wikipedia, YouTube , Flickr and Photo Pin, to name a few of the websites that offer free content.
Creative Commons has changed the lives of many people in a positive way. Some have seen their lives go in directions they never thought possible, such as Stephen Downes. See his and others stories at True Stories of Openness.
With Creative Commons the creator can decide how they want their content shared, they can choose which license they want and it’s free. An example of how to choose a license can be seen here Explore the Creative Commons licenses. This page, About the Licenses from the Creative Commons website explains the different licenses. Each license has different guidelines on how others may use the licensee's work and each license has its own specific symbols. This is a page I know I will be referring to regularly, to guide me in the correct use of shared works under creative commons.
Creative Commons has taken us in a direction I am sure people could never have imagined possible and I'm sure we would be living in a different technological age if were not for Creative Commons.
I am curious to know, how has Creative Commons made a difference in your life?