student journalism 2.0: testing new models for participatory learning in the digital age
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A presentation give at Open Ed 2010 in Barcelona.TRANSCRIPT
Testing New Models for Participatory Learning in the Digital Age
Tom CaswellOpen Education Program ManagerWashington Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Alex KozakProgram AssistantCreative Commons
Student Journalism 2.0Student Journalism 2.0
What the?What the?SJ 2.0 was a Creative Commons projectConducted at 2 Silicon Valley High SchoolsFunded by the 2009 Digital Media and
Learning Competition (DML)◦DML is administered through HASTAC
(Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) and funded by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
QuestionsQuestions1. What new models of story development
and reporting are the students and teachers excited about?
2. What were the barriers (if any) to putting these new ideas into practice?
3. How could one reduce those barriers in a scaled-up implementation of Creative Commons licenses in a classroom?
The GoalThe Goal
To encourage journalism students, teachers, and advisers to understand and apply legal and technical means to participate in 21st century journalism.
Recommendations for similar Recommendations for similar implementationsimplementations
1. Identify potential programs and schools2. Clear legal and institutional challenges3. Integrate Creative Commons licenses into classroom
practices4. Teach Creative Commons licenses5. Discuss domain-specific implications of Creative
Commons licensing6. Encourage students to use and remix CC licensed work7. Encourage students to license their own work under CC8. Seek new ways to utilize project infrastructure
Thank youThank you
Alex [email protected]
http://sj.creativecommons.orgPaper available soon at http://uoc.edu