Download - Sorel Reisman MERLOT Managing Director Creative Commons What, Why, and How: A Practical Guide
Creative Commons & MERLOT
• MERLOT encourages sharing and reuse of online materials
• MERLOT wants to protect Members’ IP• MERLOT provides “free” access to
www.merlot.org• Referenced materials may/may not be free• MERLOT provides faculty development
guidance/direction/instruction about reusing materials developed by others
© MERLOT 2008
Evolving Importance to MERLOT
• MERLOT encourages reuse of others’ learning materials
• MERLOT encourages reuse of MERLOT materials
• With new MERLOT/Carnegie KEEP Toolkit integration, MERLOT encourages Creative Commons licensing of newly created, MERLOT-hosted materials
MERLOT Content Analysis
Category TYPE CREATOR OWNER
A MERLOT computer code Staff MERLOT
MERLOT Partner Reserve documents Staff MERLOT
MERLOT Partner Reserve, portal, & JOLT templates Staff MERLOT
MERLOT About Us documents Staff MERLOT
MERLOT public website content and images Staff MERLOT
Peer reviews Partner MERLOT
MERLOT Partner Communities content Partner MERLOT
Learning materials metadata Member Member
Assignments Member Member
Member Comments Member Member
Snapshots Member Member
Personal Collections Member Member
Discussion board thread creation/submission Anyone MERLOT
B Authored learning material Author Author
Third Party Partner Communities – content & design Author Author
THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYIN MERLOT
CREATED/OWNED BY DIFFERENTKINDS OF PARTICIPANTS
MERLOT CC Licenses
• by-nc-sa - Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike
• User must declare source, cannot use material for commercial purposes, can modify, and reuse must have same licensing conditions
• by-nc-nd - Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivative• User must declare source, cannot use material
for commercial purposes, and when used, no changes, must be verbatim
TYPE CREATOR OWNER LICENSE DESCRIPTION LICENSE
Staff MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike
by-nc-sa
MERLOT About Us documents Staff MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivative by-nc-nd
MERLOT portal content Partner MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike
by-nc-sa
Peer reviews
Partner MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, No-Derivative by-nc-nd
MERLOT Partner Communities content
Partner MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike
by-nc-sa
Learning material metadata Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike
by-nc-sa
Assignments Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike
by-nc-sa
Member Comments Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, No-Derivative by-nc-nd
Snapshots Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike
by-nc-sa
Personal Collections Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike
by-nc-sa
Discussion board creation/submission
Anyone MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivative by-nc-nd
Acceptable Use Agreement