EdTech: Using Creative Commons
The non-profit Creative Commons (CC) organisation was set up to make it easy to share and use creative content online. Licensing is simple and free on the organisation’s website. This module looks at Creative Commons as a method of copyrighting work and the advantages for users and authors alike.
Aim
The module shows you how and why to attach open licences to your own content.
Objective
After completing the module, you will be able to:
- Asses the benefits, practicality and value of attaching open licences to your own content
- Recognise the restrictions imposed by third party rights (legal and ethical) on securing your own rights
Digital Teaching Professional Framework
This module covers the EdTech component - B1b : Sharing teaching and learning resources with colleagues
- Share resources using links or as attachments, or on online platforms or personal or institutional websites/ blogs.
- Share one's own repositories of resources with others, managing their access and rights as appropriate.
- Identify and respect copyright restrictions to using, re-using and modifying digital resources.
- Appropriately reference sources when sharing or publishing resources subject to copyright.
- Attribute (open) licences to selfcreated resources.
- Take measures to protect sensitive data and resources (e.g. learners' grades, exams).
- Share administrative and learnerrelated data with colleagues and learners.
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Copy right could be an issue and I think many students may have already experienced issues wile posting things on YouTube etc so the concept shouldn't be entirely new to them.
Informative.
This is an area I didn't know much about before, so useful to start learning about Creative Commons and to think about the issues around sharing work you have created that uses third party content
Learnt there were more CC than I realised, so this was useful
Some really good content. The animation had one key slide which was crammed with information; this was not displayed long enough to read.
One particularly good online link found at: https://youtu.be/4ZvJGV6YF6Y
Helpful, but I'd like to learn more about using images legally.
CC - students (especially ESOL) need to appreciate plagiarism and avoid copying & pasting
Needs more explanation of what the letters stand for when doing the activity.
Interesting module.
A good introduction to Creative Commons.
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This is the Leading stage, which recognises you have a high level of knowledge about Digital Literacy and can start to guide and support peers.
Further resources from other sites
Being copyright aware from the BBC.
The six types of CC licence.
Information about Creative Commons licensing.
A WikiHow guide to creating a Creative Commons license.
Short video about copyright and the place of Creative Commons.
Good video about copyright and the different types of CC licences
