Matt McGregor - Creative Commons in Schools

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Schools: Creative Commons Policies

Let's begin with the obvious.

First point:It’s becoming much easier to access and reuse works online.

Second point: It hasn't always been easy to build on other works.

Family watching television, c. 1958. National Archives and Records Administration. 1944 – 2006. No known copyright.

Third point:The technical barriers to access and reuse are dropping

Screenshot from ‘Lego Life Lessons - Safety Tips for Walking to School’ by the Manning Brothers. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike licence.

Fourth point:Obvious potential to share a massive amount of educational resources for reuse

50,000+ teachers2,500+ schools

Enormous potential to save time, money & frustration.

50,000+ teachers2,500+ schools

Enormous potential to share & collaborate.

Fifth point:The legal barriers to dissemination & reuse remain.

Copyright is very restrictive. Automatic.Applies online.No 'c' required.Lasts for 50 years after death.

This means you legally need an exception or permission.

Exception = Fair Dealing (v limited)

Permission =1. Collecting society licences

(limited)2. Creative Commons (open)3. Out-of-copyright (v open)4. Other forms of permission

Sixth point:Teachers don’t own copyright to resources they produce in the course of their employment.

Seventh point:Most schools don't have clearIP policies on sharing & reuse.

“Grayson, Westley, Stanislaus County, Western San Joaquin Valley, California. Seventh and eighth grade class in Westley school after lesson in Geography” 1940, US National Archives 83-G-41445, via Flickr. No known copyright.

What to do?

Open education is global:US: $2 billion TAAACT GrantUtah & CA: open textbook Mongolia: OER HubLatin America: Project LATiNPoland: Open textbooks& across India, Africa, EU, Asia...

And New Zealand is leading the way:

40-50 CC schools (up from 4 in March 2013)Otago Poly and Lincoln UOER UniversitasOER FoundationNext step: Other NZ resources

How we can help:Workshops

Creativecommons.org.nz/workshopsWeb resources

Creativecommons.org.nz/educationPrint resources

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How you can helpTell us about your experiences!

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