What is Creative Commons?
The Internet and technology have transformed not only the way people learn but also how we as teachers gather and present learning to our students. With the introduction for this great new collaborative world comes access to many different resources that teachers and learners everywhere can access resources at the click of a button. For us in Eduction the words COPYRIGHT are continually restricting our use of a variety of these resources that the internet has avaliable to us.
That was until....CREATIVE COMMONS!
Creative commons opening up educational resources so that they are not only accessible, but adaptable, interoperable, and discoverable — helping us to realize the full benefits of digitally enabled education.
The Creative Commons Website has the following short descibitions to help people navigate around the differnet types of Creative Commons.
Briefly...
Attribution means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.
Noncommercial means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.
No Derivative Works means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
Share Alike means:
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
The following short clip found at www.smartcopying.edu.au was a very creative and short introduction to the world of Creative Commons. This is a great tool to show students and staff as it explains what and how creative commons can be used in a more exciting way than just reading a bunch of journals or sheets of paper. Once again highlighting the power of WEb2.0 in the presentation of information. We actually watched this clip at our staff meeting yesterday!
Thanks Amanda for the summary of the different aspects of creative commons, and the video is a hilarious. The issue of copywrite and intellectual property online has been a big grey area for quite a while. It's good to see some clarification at last!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amanda, I have enjoyed reading your post and maybe I shoul;d have read it before doing my blog. I love all the added pics etc. I should maybe try and do the same next week. Chris
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda, congratulations on the amazing posts you have compiled and the obviously great work you are doing with the staff to get them through this course. I look forward to reading about your progress and perhaps might take the opportunity to drop in one Thursday morning.
ReplyDeleteAmanda, the creative commons video you shared with us during the staff meeting was both informative & entertaining. The creative commons resources you provided us with were also very helpful. Our discussion of the topic during our staff meeting addressed important issues & helped to clear up a few grey areas for me. Thanks.
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