How to attribute Creative Commons licensed materials
The same basic principles apply to providing attribution across all CC licences. When attributing a work under a CC licence you should: ? Credit the creator ? Provide the title of the work ? Provide the URL where the work is hosted ? Indicate the type of licence it is available under and provide a link to the licence (so others can find out the licence terms); and ? Keep intact any copyright... more
Guide to Open Content Licenses
In recent years copyright has moved away from being an esoteric and technical legal subject to one that affects musicians, designers, artists, students, authors, ordinary consumers, and more generally any one involved in any way in cultural production. Copyright stories assault us everyday in our newspapers, our emails and in the next few years, will play a very important role in determining... more
Patterns of Learning Object Reuse in the Connexions Repository
Learning objects is a staple term to 21st century instructional designers and educational technologists. Wiley’s (2002) definition, “any digital resource that can be reused to support learning,” provides an intuitive sense of what a learning object is. more
Commonwealth of Learning Copyright Audit
To a significant extent, copyright law governs the production, dissemination and consumption of knowledge and culture. In an “information society” it is particularly important to ensure that the gates of learning are kept wide open. It is in this context that an examination of copyright law with respect to education becomes crucial. more
Applying Creative Commons licenses to your educational resources
Did you know that almost any work you create is automatically protected under copyright law at the moment of its creation? You do not have to register this copyright or take any special steps to get it – you receive "all-rights-reserved" copyright automatically once you create a tangible expression of an idea in any medium, including digital works. If you want teachers and learners to be... more
Cape Town Open Education Declaration: Unlocking the promise of open educational resources
We are on the cusp of a global revolution in teaching and learning. Educators worldwide are developing a vast pool of educational resources on the Internet, open and free for all to use. These educators are creating a world where each and every person on earth can access and contribute to the sum of all human knowledge. They are also planting the seeds of a new pedagogy where educators and... more
Copyright & A2K in Africa: Research Findings on Limitations & Exceptions from an Eight-Country Study
These findings are relevant not only to the study countries but also to the international copyright community and, most specifically, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), whose Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) is involved in progressive development of copyright norms, policies and practices. ACA2K research is especially relevant to discussions on... more
What is Creative Commons?
This resource from the Creative Commons website provides a brief introduction to the concept. more
Open Doors and Open Minds: What faculty authors can do to ensure open access to their work through their institution. A SPARC/Science Commons White Paper
Inspired by the example set by the Harvard faculty, this White Paper is addressed to the faculty and administrators of academic institutions who support equitable access to scholarly research and knowledge, and who believe that the institution can play an important role as steward of the scholarly literature produced by its faculty. This paper discusses both the motivation and the process... more
Shuttleworth Foundation Working Paper on Intellectual Property. Implementing the WIPO Development Agenda: Treaty Provisions on Minimum Exceptions and Limitations for Education
Education is at the heart of development. The UN has recognized this fact for quite some time. Implementing the World Intellectual Property Organization?s Development Agenda requires a special focus on how intellectual property rights interact with education. This chapter argues that the Development Agenda presents the right opportunity to create globally applicable minimum exceptions to... more
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