Finding Free Stuff

Finding free stuff Pru Mitchell me.edu.au/p/pru

Vision

make learning activities, information, courses and feedback available online anywhere – anytime

support students using online resources to share with other students and experts

increase parent access to student work

MCEETYA, 2005 Pedagogy Strategy p.5

Overview

what does free mean?

where to find free resources

smart use, editing and creating

“ 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.”

Open Education Declaration

www.capetowndeclaration.org

licensed to facilitate:

use

revision

translation

improvement, and

sharing

by anyone

Free content?

Free for Education

Open Education

Always Some resources S ome users Never Upfront Subscription Licence Pay as use Sampling Survey Once only For time period As long as subscribed For ever Does it cost to access/use this content? How is access/use paid for? Digital content scenarios How long is access/use available? Jurisdiction Institution Individual User Producer Who pays for access/use?

Why is free important?

limited budgets preserve funds for highest quality content not available elsewhere

copyright costs soaring 2006: $50m school sector + time of survey What else could that $50m be doing in schools?

electronic use survey now copyright collection fees for web use

Electronic Use Survey Terms and Conditions Remunerable Non-remunerable Personal Use Non-commercial use Use in your organisation Free copying Free for education No terms and conditions, but contains a copyright statement No terms and conditions Copying not permitted Password Protected Check Register

smartcopying.edu.au

NEALS

a licence between education departments, DEEWR and the Catholic and Independent school sectors

allows Australian schools to copy and communicate print and digital material for educational use free of charge from each other’s websites and publications

The Le@rning Federation

licences dependent on person using the material rather than the material itself

complex but negotiated by jurisdiction on your behalf – schools, professional associations and teacher education faculties

www.scootle.edu.au

lorn.edu.au

The Learning Object Repository Network (LORN)

A portal that allows teachers and trainers to access quality resources for the VET sector

AEShareNet licences may be freely used, copied, adapted and distributed may be freely copied but only in original form including owner's copyright notice may be used & enhanced by anyone free of charge but copyright in published enhancements goes to original owner may be freely used & copied but not supplied to public

Why is open important?

able to republish material in new formats

able to publish online

permits reuse of material

promotes innovation

promotes equity & accessibility

search.arrow.edu.au

or through edna distributed search

Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program

ndpbeta.nla.gov.au

Public domain

Currently no clear answers

on YouTube

on iTunes

on format shifting in education

embed codes , google maps, YouTube

Need to look to new solutions and new copyright options

support.creativecommons.org/videos#wwt

Attribution Photo: illuminaut (by)

Attribution Noncommercial Photo: sparktography (by-nc)

Attribution No Derivatives Noncommercial Photo: Darwin Bell (by-nd) (by-nc-nd)

Attribution Share Alike Noncommercial Photo: aussiegall (by-sa) (by-nc-sa)

Attribution labelling A (print) Original Chart: Cogdogblog (Flickr) Made available under Creative Commons 2.0 Attribution Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/817669/ B (web) Original Chart: Cogdogblog CC-by 2.0

Licence searching flickr.com/search/advanced

http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net flickrcc.bluemountains.net

Usage rights search

Australian Bureau of Statistics