creative commons for schools
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This presentation covers copyright, Creative Commons licences and Creative Commons policies in New Zealand schools.TRANSCRIPT
Introduction to Creative Commons
Let's begin with the obvious
Potential of digital technologies and the Internet
Potential to:share teaching resources
Potential to:collaborate
Potential to:save time
Potential to:save money
Potential to:make better resources
Potential to:stop reinventing various wheels
Potential to:share, remix and reuse
Potential to:learn
However:Two problems
1. Copyright
2. Teachers don't hold copyright to their resources
Two solutions,but first....
What is copyright?
Bundle of rights
Automatic(no © required)
Limits users ability to copy, distribute, perform, adapt
*applies online*
Lasts for 50 years after death
What Is the Purpose of Copyright?
To Expand the Commons
Statute of Anne, 1710: “For the encouragement of
learning”
USA Constitution:“To promote the progress of
science and useful arts.”
Copyright was a pragmatic solution
Copyright was a balance between
Printers
Printers
Authors
Printers
Public
Authors
The commons is a public good
The commons is a public good+
People need an incentive to create
The commons is a public good+
People need an incentive to create=
Limited monopoly, i.e. copyright
The commons is a public good+
People need an incentive to create=
Limited monopoly, i.e. copyright=
A more vibrant culture
However...
1710
Statute of Anne
14 years
1994
New Zealand Copyright Act
Life + 50 years
So what?
Much of our cultural heritage cannot be legally reused, which
means that...
Many online practices infringe copyright
Many online practices infringe copyright
Online copyright infringement is easier to find
Many online practices infringe copyright
Online copyright infringement is easier to find
Copyright restricts the enormous potential of digital technologies
What if you want to allow sharing, remix and reuse?
What if you want to allow sharing, remix and reuse?
What if you want to grow the commons?
Solution #1
“Realizing the full potential of the Internet”
Pragmatic solution
Pragmatic solution Creators retain copyright
Pragmatic solution Creators retain copyright
Give permission in advance
Public DomainFew Restrictions
All Rights ReservedFew Freedoms
Some Rights ReservedRange of Licence Options
Four Licence Elements
Attribution
Non Commercial
No Derivatives
Share Alike
Six Licences
More free More restrictive
More free More restrictive
More free More restrictive
More free More restrictive
More free More restrictive
More free More restrictive
More free More restrictive
More free More restrictive
Go to creativecommons.org/choose
Layers
Licence symbol
Human readable
Lawyer readable
Behind the licence button sits html code which makes it searchable online
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"<<img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /<</a<<br /<This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"<Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a<
Public Domain Image
Machine Readable
However, problem #2
You can't apply a CC licence if you don't hold copyright
Teachers don't hold copyright to their teaching resources
Solution #2Creative Commons policy
All teaching materials are licensed
Creative Commons Attribution
1. No need to ask permission
1. No need to ask permission
2. Keep resources when you leave
1. No need to ask permission
2. Keep resources when you leave
3. Teachers receive credit when their work is reused
4. "Realizing the full potential of the Internet”
5. New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing
framework (NZGOAL)
Case studies at creativecommons.org.nz
“When I look outside at other schools, I think, why aren’t you
doing this?”Nathan Parker, Warrington
School
“Teachers are collaborating more, and they’re also involving
their students in the development of those teaching
and learning resources.”Mark Osborne, ASHS
What if you want to find Creative Commons material?
search.creativecommons.org
digitalnz.org
commons.wikimedia.org
photopin.org
Creative Commons is a great way to teach students about
copyright
It's an integral part of good digital citizenship
Want to teach students how to share, remix and reuse?
Digital Citizenship Project
Free to Mix Guide
Lesson Plans
creativecommons.org.nz/resources
Mix & Mash 2013: The New Storytelling
NZ’s great remix showcaseFirst deadline May 10
mixandmash.org.nz
More than 700 million works
The commons is growing
creativecommons.org.nz
Creative Commons Aotearoa New [email protected]
Facebook.com/creativecommonsnzTwitter: @cc_aotearoa
This work is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Thanks Creators!Used with permission: Copyright Symbol by The Copyright Authority
Public Domain: Public Domain Symbol by Yotoean, via Wikimedia Commons