Presentation I gave to U.S. Department of Labor Region 5 TAACCCT grantees (Rounds 2 & 3) on their Technical Assistance convening on 9 July, 2014. Applicable to all TAACCCT grantees.
Adding the CC BY license to your materials (TAACCCT)Jane Park
TAACCCT On! break-out session for all rounds of the U.S. Department of Labor's TAACCCT grant program.
Step by step instructions on how to add the CC BY license notice to your grant-funded materials. In addition to howto’s and pointing to best practice resources, Jane will present examples of round 1 grantee websites and curriculum that have already added the license notice. Note: this session covers marking specific objects with the CC BY license so that the license will be carried with the object across platforms; please attend the MERLOT repository sessions for how the CC BY license will be displayed within the repository.
CC overview and discussion of CC uses in design and culture at Opodz:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-commons-tips-for-design-and-culture-creators-to-discover-build-on-and-share-their-work-tickets-12024295993
Creative Commons for Mountain Digital West LibrariesJane Park
This document discusses Creative Commons and how it provides copyright licenses and tools to make sharing content legally scalable. It summarizes that (1) Creative Commons licenses allow creators to grant permissions for reuse in advance, (2) Creative Commons provides public domain tools like CC0 and the Public Domain Mark, and (3) Creative Commons is used widely, including by Wikipedia which has over 31 million articles created by 76,000 contributors under Creative Commons licenses.
Increasing content reuse and user engagement on Open edXJane Park
Here's a talk I gave at the 2016 Open edX conference. Link to session description here: https://2016openedxconference.sched.org/event/61Nc/increasing-content-reuse-and-user-engagement-across-open-edx
Using the CC BY license, Workshop for 2013 OPEN Kick-offJane Park
Summary of session from OPEN Kickoff Conference for DOL TAACCCT Round 2 Grantees: This session will dive into detail about the CC BY licensing requirement and what it takes to apply the license to grantee materials. CC will go over the CC license chooser tool, examples of good license implementation, and content-sharing platforms where you can upload resources under the CC BY license. If enough time and interest, CC will also go over best practices for giving attribution to the creators of CC licensed works, especially as part of a larger resource, such as a textbook or course.
More info: http://open4us.org/events/
CC BY Overview for Round 3 DOL TAACCCT Grantees (Feb, 2014)Cable Green
This document provides information about Creative Commons licensing requirements for Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grantees. It discusses the CC BY license requirement, what Creative Commons is and how it works, defines Open Educational Resources, and addresses how the CC BY license and OER can be used and applied in TAACCCT grant work. It also provides resources and answers frequently asked questions about finding, attributing, and developing OER under a CC BY license.
State of CC Usability and User Research (GS 2019)Jane Park
Slides from the session at the 2019 CC Global Summit in Lisbon, Portugal: https://sched.co/MiWZ
In 2018, CC kicked off an exciting initiative called CC usability. I will present findings from six months of user research, including the high-level goals and human-centered design process we undertook, and how we arrived at 9 key insights. I will also present some of the prototypes we developed, and how the research transformed our approach to the CC Search product. Lastly, I’ll preview what’s ahead in 2019 and gather feedback on ways to more effectively engage the global community in this work.
Adding the CC BY license to your materials (TAACCCT)Jane Park
TAACCCT On! break-out session for all rounds of the U.S. Department of Labor's TAACCCT grant program.
Step by step instructions on how to add the CC BY license notice to your grant-funded materials. In addition to howto’s and pointing to best practice resources, Jane will present examples of round 1 grantee websites and curriculum that have already added the license notice. Note: this session covers marking specific objects with the CC BY license so that the license will be carried with the object across platforms; please attend the MERLOT repository sessions for how the CC BY license will be displayed within the repository.
CC overview and discussion of CC uses in design and culture at Opodz:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-commons-tips-for-design-and-culture-creators-to-discover-build-on-and-share-their-work-tickets-12024295993
Creative Commons for Mountain Digital West LibrariesJane Park
This document discusses Creative Commons and how it provides copyright licenses and tools to make sharing content legally scalable. It summarizes that (1) Creative Commons licenses allow creators to grant permissions for reuse in advance, (2) Creative Commons provides public domain tools like CC0 and the Public Domain Mark, and (3) Creative Commons is used widely, including by Wikipedia which has over 31 million articles created by 76,000 contributors under Creative Commons licenses.
Increasing content reuse and user engagement on Open edXJane Park
Here's a talk I gave at the 2016 Open edX conference. Link to session description here: https://2016openedxconference.sched.org/event/61Nc/increasing-content-reuse-and-user-engagement-across-open-edx
Using the CC BY license, Workshop for 2013 OPEN Kick-offJane Park
Summary of session from OPEN Kickoff Conference for DOL TAACCCT Round 2 Grantees: This session will dive into detail about the CC BY licensing requirement and what it takes to apply the license to grantee materials. CC will go over the CC license chooser tool, examples of good license implementation, and content-sharing platforms where you can upload resources under the CC BY license. If enough time and interest, CC will also go over best practices for giving attribution to the creators of CC licensed works, especially as part of a larger resource, such as a textbook or course.
More info: http://open4us.org/events/
CC BY Overview for Round 3 DOL TAACCCT Grantees (Feb, 2014)Cable Green
This document provides information about Creative Commons licensing requirements for Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grantees. It discusses the CC BY license requirement, what Creative Commons is and how it works, defines Open Educational Resources, and addresses how the CC BY license and OER can be used and applied in TAACCCT grant work. It also provides resources and answers frequently asked questions about finding, attributing, and developing OER under a CC BY license.
State of CC Usability and User Research (GS 2019)Jane Park
Slides from the session at the 2019 CC Global Summit in Lisbon, Portugal: https://sched.co/MiWZ
In 2018, CC kicked off an exciting initiative called CC usability. I will present findings from six months of user research, including the high-level goals and human-centered design process we undertook, and how we arrived at 9 key insights. I will also present some of the prototypes we developed, and how the research transformed our approach to the CC Search product. Lastly, I’ll preview what’s ahead in 2019 and gather feedback on ways to more effectively engage the global community in this work.
Webinar given on October 17, 2013 (1:00pmEDT / 10:00amPDT) to Roane State faculty and other TA program grantees as part of http://open4us.org.
I give a basic overview of Creative Commons, Creative Commons license use in education, and Creative Common’s integral role in the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. I explain the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) requirement for TAACCCT program grantees, how the CC BY license works, and the free support CC will offer to grantees around application of the license to grantee materials.
Link to recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=2008170&psid=2013-10-17.0955.M.5E7B928FC11E94D844B1405E5A750C.vcr
Creative Commons and OER Big Picture for TAACCCTPaul_Stacey
This document summarizes a presentation about Creative Commons licensing and Open Educational Resources (OER) for recipients of TAACCCT grants from the Department of Labor. It explains that the grants require all materials created with the funds to be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to ensure public access. This makes TAACCCT the largest OER initiative. It describes how CC BY and OER can increase impact, lower costs, and foster innovation. Recipients are instructed on how to mark works with CC BY and provided examples and resources to leverage OER in their work.
CC BY license implementation deep dive (OPEN Kick-off)Jane Park
Session description from http://open4us.org/events/kick-off-conference-agenda/:
This session will dive into detail about the CC BY licensing requirement and what it takes to implement the license when hosting content on individual and external platforms. CC staff will go over the license metadata, examples of good implementation, and OER platforms where you can host resources under the CC BY license. We will also demonstrate tools and sites to find existing CC BY or otherwise licensed OER for your project. (SBCTC will share their stories, ie. around Open Course Library.)
How to Openly Share Your Faculty Created Materials Using Creative CommonsSarah Romeo
This presentation introduces Creative Commons licensing. It discusses how CC licensing allows creators to share their work while still maintaining copyright. The six main CC licenses are explained which vary based on whether others can share, adapt, or use the work commercially. Examples are provided of applying CC licenses to materials like handouts, presentations, videos, and teaching content shared in an open repository. The goal is to encourage open sharing of faculty created works under consistent legal terms.
Web 2.0 goes beyond blogs and includes elements like wikis, web services, folksonomies, social software, and more. It represents the socialization of the web where people interact and collaborate online. Key aspects include user innovation, social interactions and processes, and layered technologies that support sharing information and conversations on the web.
This document discusses how the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license requirement affects grantees of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program. It requires that any work created with TAACCCT grant funds be licensed under CC BY, which allows others to copy, distribute, and adapt the work while requiring attribution. This makes TAACCCT the largest open educational resources initiative in the world. It is intended to maximize the impact of the funding by encouraging innovation and sharing of educational materials across institutions.
The document discusses how Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, RSS, and user-generated content have changed how people use and share information online. It argues that services like Intute were pioneers in these approaches before the term "Web 2.0" was coined. Looking ahead, it suggests institutions embrace new models where commercial services host content and applications, and find ways to enhance rather than compete with popular third-party sites.
Openness in cultural institutions can provide benefits but also limitations that must be addressed:
- Open standards, content, and source software can increase access and reuse of resources while avoiding vendor lock-in, but come with risks if not implemented sustainably.
- User generated content enables new connections but may include unwanted spam or legal issues if not monitored. Relying too heavily on third parties' open APIs presents business model risks.
- A contextual approach is needed to evaluate each open option based on its ownership, purpose, maturity, and risks to the institution. Open policies must be developed and compliance decisions made at the appropriate level.
- While openness aims to encourage sharing and creativity, fully open content
Openness in cultural institutions can provide benefits but also limitations that must be addressed carefully. Benefits include open standards enabling interoperability, open source software encouraging innovation, and open APIs and content fostering creativity. However, open culture can enable unmoderated user content issues and legal risks. Open standards may not be adopted or can be complex. Relying on third parties' open APIs introduces business model and support risks. Addressing limitations requires contextual, risk-based approaches and consideration of sustainability and intended purpose.
The document discusses open content libraries and provides an overview of the Open Clip Art Library and ccHost software. It describes what an open content library is, provides examples of current open and mixed content libraries, and discusses the need for more libraries. It also outlines the features and uses of the ccHost software that powers several open content libraries.
The document discusses the evolution of the internet from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. Some key aspects of Web 2.0 include user-generated content through sites like Flickr and Wikipedia, folksonomies using user-generated tags to organize content, RSS feeds to receive customized content updates, and increased interactivity through technologies like AJAX and social networks. The rise of these new applications and services represents a shift to a more collaborative "read-write" web where users are actively contributing content.
The document discusses open content libraries and provides examples of existing open content libraries. It introduces ccHost, an open source content management system that can power open content libraries. It encourages building more open content libraries and provides suggestions for how to start an open content development community.
Web Accessibility 3.0: Learning From The Past, Planning For The Futurelisbk
Slides for a talk on "Web Accessibility 3.0: Learning From The Past, Planning For The Future" given at the ADDW08 conference.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/addw08/
CC Department of State Office of Innovative Engagement webinarCreative Commons
Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization that develops standardized copyright licenses to make it easier for creators to share their work while still retaining some rights. CC licenses allow creators to choose how much or how little protection they want, such as allowing only non-commercial sharing or requiring attribution. CC licenses are used globally across many domains including culture, science, government, and education to maximize access to and sharing of creative works.
This document discusses open licenses and content distribution. It outlines the advantages of publishing content on the web such as low cost, fast publication, and easy distribution and updating. It also discusses drawbacks of copyright law and threats to content distribution. Open content licenses are proposed as a solution by giving users rights to copy, distribute and modify works while ensuring proper attribution. Popular open content initiatives and licenses are described, with Creative Commons being a prominent example. The conclusion emphasizes the need for better interoperability and legal policies favorable for community-created content services.
How to Find and Use Open Resources and How to Release Your Own Work OpenlyJordan Epp
Ways to enhance your student work by finding and including open resources in it, as well as Canadian copyright exceptions from which students can benefit. There will also be information about opportunities for openly releasing your own work so that it can be seen and accessed by others.
1. Creative Commons is developing version 4.0 of their copyright licenses to make them stronger, more robust, and usable anywhere in the world.
2. Version 4.0 will clarify and simplify attribution requirements to make compliance easier for teachers and students, while still respecting authors' rights. It will also maintain existing sharing models for content from Wikipedia and media.
3. Creative Commons invites participation in finalizing version 4.0 through online discussions and sharing ideas on their wiki site. The final version is expected to launch in the second quarter of this year.
Finding and Using Open Education Resources (OER): Implementing the Creative Commons CC BY License
presented at National TAACCCT Rounds 2 & 3 Convening
Washington D.C., 4-November-2014
Creating and Managing Open Educational ResourcesPaul_Stacey
Presentation for TAACCCT grantees given at the TAACCCT On! grantee conference organized and hosted by the Kansas Round 1 TRAC-7 Consortium at Washburn Institute of Technology in Topeka September 18-19, 2013.
Webinar given on October 17, 2013 (1:00pmEDT / 10:00amPDT) to Roane State faculty and other TA program grantees as part of http://open4us.org.
I give a basic overview of Creative Commons, Creative Commons license use in education, and Creative Common’s integral role in the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. I explain the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) requirement for TAACCCT program grantees, how the CC BY license works, and the free support CC will offer to grantees around application of the license to grantee materials.
Link to recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=2008170&psid=2013-10-17.0955.M.5E7B928FC11E94D844B1405E5A750C.vcr
Creative Commons and OER Big Picture for TAACCCTPaul_Stacey
This document summarizes a presentation about Creative Commons licensing and Open Educational Resources (OER) for recipients of TAACCCT grants from the Department of Labor. It explains that the grants require all materials created with the funds to be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to ensure public access. This makes TAACCCT the largest OER initiative. It describes how CC BY and OER can increase impact, lower costs, and foster innovation. Recipients are instructed on how to mark works with CC BY and provided examples and resources to leverage OER in their work.
CC BY license implementation deep dive (OPEN Kick-off)Jane Park
Session description from http://open4us.org/events/kick-off-conference-agenda/:
This session will dive into detail about the CC BY licensing requirement and what it takes to implement the license when hosting content on individual and external platforms. CC staff will go over the license metadata, examples of good implementation, and OER platforms where you can host resources under the CC BY license. We will also demonstrate tools and sites to find existing CC BY or otherwise licensed OER for your project. (SBCTC will share their stories, ie. around Open Course Library.)
How to Openly Share Your Faculty Created Materials Using Creative CommonsSarah Romeo
This presentation introduces Creative Commons licensing. It discusses how CC licensing allows creators to share their work while still maintaining copyright. The six main CC licenses are explained which vary based on whether others can share, adapt, or use the work commercially. Examples are provided of applying CC licenses to materials like handouts, presentations, videos, and teaching content shared in an open repository. The goal is to encourage open sharing of faculty created works under consistent legal terms.
Web 2.0 goes beyond blogs and includes elements like wikis, web services, folksonomies, social software, and more. It represents the socialization of the web where people interact and collaborate online. Key aspects include user innovation, social interactions and processes, and layered technologies that support sharing information and conversations on the web.
This document discusses how the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license requirement affects grantees of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program. It requires that any work created with TAACCCT grant funds be licensed under CC BY, which allows others to copy, distribute, and adapt the work while requiring attribution. This makes TAACCCT the largest open educational resources initiative in the world. It is intended to maximize the impact of the funding by encouraging innovation and sharing of educational materials across institutions.
The document discusses how Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, RSS, and user-generated content have changed how people use and share information online. It argues that services like Intute were pioneers in these approaches before the term "Web 2.0" was coined. Looking ahead, it suggests institutions embrace new models where commercial services host content and applications, and find ways to enhance rather than compete with popular third-party sites.
Openness in cultural institutions can provide benefits but also limitations that must be addressed:
- Open standards, content, and source software can increase access and reuse of resources while avoiding vendor lock-in, but come with risks if not implemented sustainably.
- User generated content enables new connections but may include unwanted spam or legal issues if not monitored. Relying too heavily on third parties' open APIs presents business model risks.
- A contextual approach is needed to evaluate each open option based on its ownership, purpose, maturity, and risks to the institution. Open policies must be developed and compliance decisions made at the appropriate level.
- While openness aims to encourage sharing and creativity, fully open content
Openness in cultural institutions can provide benefits but also limitations that must be addressed carefully. Benefits include open standards enabling interoperability, open source software encouraging innovation, and open APIs and content fostering creativity. However, open culture can enable unmoderated user content issues and legal risks. Open standards may not be adopted or can be complex. Relying on third parties' open APIs introduces business model and support risks. Addressing limitations requires contextual, risk-based approaches and consideration of sustainability and intended purpose.
The document discusses open content libraries and provides an overview of the Open Clip Art Library and ccHost software. It describes what an open content library is, provides examples of current open and mixed content libraries, and discusses the need for more libraries. It also outlines the features and uses of the ccHost software that powers several open content libraries.
The document discusses the evolution of the internet from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. Some key aspects of Web 2.0 include user-generated content through sites like Flickr and Wikipedia, folksonomies using user-generated tags to organize content, RSS feeds to receive customized content updates, and increased interactivity through technologies like AJAX and social networks. The rise of these new applications and services represents a shift to a more collaborative "read-write" web where users are actively contributing content.
The document discusses open content libraries and provides examples of existing open content libraries. It introduces ccHost, an open source content management system that can power open content libraries. It encourages building more open content libraries and provides suggestions for how to start an open content development community.
Web Accessibility 3.0: Learning From The Past, Planning For The Futurelisbk
Slides for a talk on "Web Accessibility 3.0: Learning From The Past, Planning For The Future" given at the ADDW08 conference.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/addw08/
CC Department of State Office of Innovative Engagement webinarCreative Commons
Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization that develops standardized copyright licenses to make it easier for creators to share their work while still retaining some rights. CC licenses allow creators to choose how much or how little protection they want, such as allowing only non-commercial sharing or requiring attribution. CC licenses are used globally across many domains including culture, science, government, and education to maximize access to and sharing of creative works.
This document discusses open licenses and content distribution. It outlines the advantages of publishing content on the web such as low cost, fast publication, and easy distribution and updating. It also discusses drawbacks of copyright law and threats to content distribution. Open content licenses are proposed as a solution by giving users rights to copy, distribute and modify works while ensuring proper attribution. Popular open content initiatives and licenses are described, with Creative Commons being a prominent example. The conclusion emphasizes the need for better interoperability and legal policies favorable for community-created content services.
How to Find and Use Open Resources and How to Release Your Own Work OpenlyJordan Epp
Ways to enhance your student work by finding and including open resources in it, as well as Canadian copyright exceptions from which students can benefit. There will also be information about opportunities for openly releasing your own work so that it can be seen and accessed by others.
1. Creative Commons is developing version 4.0 of their copyright licenses to make them stronger, more robust, and usable anywhere in the world.
2. Version 4.0 will clarify and simplify attribution requirements to make compliance easier for teachers and students, while still respecting authors' rights. It will also maintain existing sharing models for content from Wikipedia and media.
3. Creative Commons invites participation in finalizing version 4.0 through online discussions and sharing ideas on their wiki site. The final version is expected to launch in the second quarter of this year.
Finding and Using Open Education Resources (OER): Implementing the Creative Commons CC BY License
presented at National TAACCCT Rounds 2 & 3 Convening
Washington D.C., 4-November-2014
Creating and Managing Open Educational ResourcesPaul_Stacey
Presentation for TAACCCT grantees given at the TAACCCT On! grantee conference organized and hosted by the Kansas Round 1 TRAC-7 Consortium at Washburn Institute of Technology in Topeka September 18-19, 2013.
General overview of Creative Commons licenses and Open Educational Resources (OER). I first gave this talk at NYU's Open Access Week and am referencing it for the Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) Orientation: p2pu.org/general/course-design-orientation.
Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources: Building the Future of Educa...Paul_Stacey
Creative Commons licenses provide a standard for open licensing that helps expand access to education. They allow legal sharing and reuse of educational resources through options like attribution, non-commercial use, and sharing derivatives. Open educational resources (OER) that use Creative Commons licenses can be freely used and modified, benefiting teaching, learning, and research. Major initiatives like open courseware from MIT and Khan Academy videos rely on Creative Commons to make educational content openly available online.
Creative Commons and the Department of Labor US$2 Billion Grant ProgramCable Green
The document discusses the Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN) which will provide services to support Department of Labor TAACCCT grantees in meeting grant requirements. OPEN will help grantees license work created with grant funds under a Creative Commons license, apply learning science principles to develop open educational resources, and provide professional development opportunities regarding open policies and content development. The timeline indicates that Wave 1 of TAACCCT grants was launched in February 2014 and the OPEN kick-off event was in May 2014, with each grant wave lasting three years.
CC Overview for North Georgia Technical CollegeCable Green
The document discusses the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license requirement for materials created with TAACCCT grant funds. It explains that any new content or modifications to existing content created with grant funds must be licensed under CC BY, which allows others to reuse and modify the content with attribution. However, pre-existing or third party content is not subject to this requirement. The document provides examples and guidance on how to apply the CC BY license, including adding license notices and attributing third party content properly. FAQs address questions around publicly sharing materials, changing licenses later, and getting buy-in from others.
Creative Commons - Building a Global Adult Learning CommonsPaul_Stacey
Presentation video taped at Folkbildningsrådet in Stockholm 28-Jan-2014. Folkbildningsrådet is the Swedish agency responsible for Swedens folk high schools, learning circles and adult education.
W&N Lunch and Learn with: Cable Green, Creative CommonsCable Green
This document summarizes an expert Q&A session on using Creative Commons licenses and open educational resources. The expert, Dr. Cable Green, director of global learning at Creative Commons, answered questions about CC licenses and their use cases, open educational resources, why companies should consider open licensing, open policy trends, and examples of for-profit publishers using CC-licensed materials. Attendees were also invited to ask additional questions during the webinar and provided with contact information for follow up.
Puneet Kishor - The new Creative Commons 4.0 Licence – what’s new and why it’...dri_ireland
This document summarizes an international non-profit organization that:
- Enables sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
- Develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
- Was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in the Bay Area.
The document discusses open educational resources (OER) and the infrastructure needed to support them. It addresses some of the legal, technical, and social barriers to sharing educational content openly. Creative Commons licenses provide an easy way to share materials legally while overcoming technical barriers by specifying permissions in metadata. However, social barriers like standardized curricula, teacher workloads, and cultural views still need to be addressed for open education to reach its full potential.
Overview: Creative Commons (OPEN Kick-off)Jane Park
Session description from http://open4us.org/events/kick-off-conference-agenda/:
Creative Commons celebrates the 10th anniversary of its license suite later this year. CC’s Education and Technology Coordinator, Greg Grossmeier, and Communications Manager, Jane Park, will give a brief overview of CC license use in education and its integral and infrastructural role in open educational resources (OER). They will also explain the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) and its requirement for TA program grantees.
Workshop session run by Stuart Nicol and Stephanie (Charlie) Farley at the University of Edinburgh, May 4th 2016.
Learn how to create teaching and research presentations that can be shared openly on the web without infringing copyright.
In this session participants were invited to develop short visual presentations using openly licensed content. Participants were guided through the process of finding, reusing, and sharing open content, learning about Creative Commons licenses along the way.
Creative Commons and the CC BY license, Overview for 2013 OPEN Kick-offJane Park
Summary of session from OPEN Kickoff Conference for DOL TAACCCT Round 2 Grantees: Jane Park from Creative Commons will give a brief overview of Creative Commons, Creative Commons license use in education, and Creative Common's integral role in the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. She will explain the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) requirement for TAACCCT program grantees, how the CC BY license works, and the free support CC will offer to grantees around application of the license to grantee materials.
More info: http://open4us.org/events/
What is Creative Commons? How can it help you understand sharing on the web? How can it help you share your work. Here is a presentation that introduces Creative Commons.
Copyright & Creative Commons: with regards to Open Educational Resources (OER) ROER4D
Presentation: Copyright & Creative Commons: with regards to Open Educational Resources (OER). By: Glenda Cox
Delivered at the University of South Africa (UNISA) on 18 March 2015
This document discusses open science business models and licensing. It begins with a word of caution about openness and business realities. It then covers open source licensing models including copyleft licenses. Open science principles are discussed along with licensing models for scientific outputs such as copyright, patents, and data. The document also discusses the growth of Creative Commons licensing and open access developments and business models. It analyzes licensing approaches for patents, databases, and open data, concluding with a discussion of open science research projects and the semantic web.
Slides from the session at the 2019 CC Global Summit in Lisbon, Portugal: https://sched.co/MhKv
CC Search is out of beta and provides access to 300 million images across 19 content providers, with more in the pipeline. The CC Search team will present the current state of CC Search, including a new vision and strategy for 2019, front end features, and how everything works under the hood, both technically and legally, including a new CC Catalog API that provides access to the catalog.
In the second half of the session, we will host a Q&A and discussion on the ways we might internationalize CC Search, either via code, a push API, translations, or integration of image collections from different regions. We’ll also discuss new applications that could be built on top of the catalog itself that go beyond Search.
Finally, we’ll also preview what’s coming next in the roadmap, and how anyone may get involved via the CC developer community and/or usability testing.
Going open at the state and district level (#goopen)Jane Park
This document summarizes a presentation about states and school districts transitioning to openly licensed educational resources through the #GoOpen initiative. It provides examples of Louisiana and Washington shifting from traditional textbook adoption to supporting open educational resources. Both states saw benefits like improved materials, teacher investment, and cost savings. Challenges included finding coherent open resources and demonstrating savings. The presentation encourages districts to get help transitioning from organizations supporting open education.
Some slides on how museums and related cultural heritage institutions are using Creative Commons to...
1) Share their digital collections
2) Share collection records
3) Engage users and artists, thereby tapping into new communities of stakeholders
...ultimately increasing their impact and reach beyond one entity's website or physical presence.
Note: Photo on Slide 56 is CC BY 4.0 by Frida Gregersen, not SMK.
CC Tools and Resources for Librarians and LibrariesJane Park
Webinar I gave to librarians across the state of New York part of NY3R (http://www.ny3rs.org/).
Recording from 2 May 2014: http://rrlc.adobeconnect.com/p3wrr1dlws0/.
Abstract:
Creative Commons are a librarian's best friend when it comes to explaining copyright, pointing others to free academic and educational resources, and highlighting reuse and attribution best practices. Learn about Creative Commons -- the organization and its mission; its copyright licenses; its public domain tools, especially CC0 (read CC Zero); how to discover, find and attribute CC-licensed content; and how to license your own content with a CC license. We will also go over a few of the major organizations and institutions who have adopted CC licensing.
Slides for presentation video for the 2013 K-12 Online Conference: http://k12onlineconference.org/?page_id=1415. A talk on School of Open, its origins, and its relevance for K-12 educators. Free online courses, workshops, and training programs for K-12 educators and their students.
CC for the Association of Women in Communications, Santa Barbara ChapterJane Park
Slides from the web presentation I gave to the Association of Women in Communications on October 7, 2013. Recording available here: Recording available at https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=2008170&psid=2013-10-07.1733.M.5E7B928FC11E94D844B1405E5A750C.vcr
Creative Commons Overview for UC San Diego FacultyJane Park
Creative Commons allows creators to choose from several copyright licenses to grant permissions for others to share and use their content. The licenses are available in legal code, human readable, and machine readable versions to accommodate different needs and uses. Over 500 million works are available under Creative Commons licenses through their global affiliate network.
Expanding the School of Open: Affiliate ShowcaseJane Park
Speakers: Jane Park, Simeon Oriko (School of Open Kenya), Delia Browne (Copyright 4 Educators, National Copyright Unit of Australia), Maarten Zeinstra (Open GLAM, CC Netherlands), Liuping (eXtreme Learning Challenge, CC China Mainland), Maria Juliana (Copyright for Librarians in Spanish, CC Colombia), SooHyun Pae (P2PU translation, CC Korea)
Description: The School of Open is a community of volunteers focused on providing free education opportunities on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and science. Creative Commons affiliates will present their School of Open projects and courses, including the School of Open Kenya Initiative, School of Open in German, Copyright for Educators, Open data for GLAMs, and more. We will hold a panel discussion on lessons learned and how to scale the initiative globally in online, offline, and multilingual settings. What do affiliates want to achieve through the School of Open? What are affiliate priorities around “open” education and awareness building?
Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources: A Webinar for TAACCCT progra...Jane Park
From a webinar that took place for TAACCCT program grantees on Tuesday, August 6 at 2pm US EDT/11am US PDT.
Abstract: Have questions about CC BY, OER, or both? Please join Creative Commons (CC) and the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) for a one-hour webinar on these topics. Jane Park from CC will give an overview of Creative Commons, the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) requirement, and the free support CC will provide around application of the license to grantee materials. Boyoung Chae from SBCTC will address how to find, create, and manage open educational resources (OER) — drawing on SBCTC’s experience within the Open Course Library. Boyoung will demo tools and tactics for developing and finding OER, including instructional design and managing content. No RSVP is required; simply join the the Blackboard Collaborate room 10 minutes before the scheduled time to ensure you have the appropriate software installed.
Multiplying the impact of online instruction - "The Obviousness of Open Policy"Jane Park
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Pecha Kucha introducing the School of OpenJane Park
The document discusses the School of Open Knowledge and Culture, which focuses on topics related to the internet, documents, networks, computers, social and organizational structures, accreditation, and licenses for content distribution. Creative Commons licenses are mentioned as a way to share content over the internet.
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Key Takeaways:
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3. 1. Stuff you already know
2. CC BY license requirement
3. Open Educational Resources (OER)
4. TAACCCT Round 1 Examples
5. Build on existing OER
6. Help? (Our free services)
4. With $2 billion over 4 years, TAACCCT is
the largest OER* initiative in the world.
*thanks to CC BY license requirement
5. High Growth Industry Sectors
Energy
Health
Manufacturing
Bridging -
Basic Education
Transportation
Information
Technology
DOL TAACCCT Round 1 Data Analysis by Paul Stacey 20-Feb-2013
% GRANTEES DEVELOPING CURRICULA
IN SHARED FIELDS OF STUDY
TAACCCT program creates OER in
vocational industry sectors
8. “To ensure that the Federal investment of these funds
has as broad an impact as possible and to encourage
innovation in the development of new learning
materials, as a condition of the receipt of a TAACCCT
grant, the grantee will be required to license to the
public all work created with the support of the grant
under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY)
license.”
9. “The purpose of the CC BY licensing requirement is
to ensure that materials developed with funds
provided by these grants result in Work that can be
freely reused and improved by others.”
10. Only work that is developed by the
grantee with the grant funds.
Applies to:
11. Pre-existing copyrighted materials
licensed to, or purchased by the grantee
from third parties, including modifications
of such materials
Works created without grant funds
Does not apply to:
12. “This license allows subsequent users to copy,
distribute, transmit and adapt the copyrighted Work
and requires such users to attribute the Work in the
manner specified by the grantee. Notice of the license
shall be affixed to the Work. For general information
on CC BY, please visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0.”
35. “OER are teaching, learning, and
research resources that reside in the
public domain or have been released
under an intellectual property license that
permits their free use and re-purposing
by others.”
36. With $2 billion over 4 years, TAACCCT is
the largest OER* initiative in the world.
*thanks to CC BY license requirement
38. “We did this because open licensing
increases the impact of our investment
and helps us to be more strategic with our
future investments.”
39. “From a public policy perspective, the
Department is a better steward of public
funds by giving the public access to those
things created using public funds, and
ensuring that these products have as
wide spread a use as possible.”
40. “TAACCCT is a really big investment. But
we expect that OER will allow the impact
to be even greater than just the 800
colleges with new curricula and
equipment that we directly funded.”
43. I can build on R1 TAACCCT OER.
I save $ b/c I share development costs.
I save time and effort.
I can improve my resource with others.
Thanks to CC BY:
44. Costs are lower for students.
I am an example of open policy.
New partnerships and market
opportunities innovation
Local, regional, international
Thanks to CC BY:
47. “This license allows subsequent users to copy,
distribute, transmit and adapt the copyrighted Work
and requires such users to attribute the Work in the
manner specified by the grantee. Notice of the license
shall be affixed to the Work. For general information
on CC BY, please visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0.”
48. Licensing your work is easy. No
registration is required.
You simply add a notice that your work is
under CC BY. Here’s how you do that
55. <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative
Commons License" style="border-width:0"
src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This
work is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>.v
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Unported License.
________________________________________________________
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56. You can edit the text for your specific
project.
Go back to:
http://creativecommons.org/choose
64. • 3,200+ Missourians
• MCCA
• 13 Colleges
• Four Pathways
• Therapeutic
• Diagnostic
• Informatics
• Environmental
Support
Missouri Healthcare Workforce Innovation Networks
Innovative Approaches for Adult Learners
Transformative and Systemic Change
65.
66.
67.
68. “Missouri Credit for Prior Learning Model
is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view
a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.
0.”
87. What if we incorporate other OER into our
materials? How do we give credit?
Q:
88. Tweak CC BY license notice to read that
there are exceptions.
Attribute authors of OER you are using
according to CC best practices.
A:
89. “Unless otherwise noted the NAC
website bythe National Aviation
Consortium is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
License.”
90. Then, make sure to note those materials
that are governed by different terms.
You can do this on a separate credits
page at the end of the resource.
Example
91.
92. Or you can note it right next to the
material. Example
93.
94. Best Practices for Attribution: (TASL)
Title
Author
Source – Link to work
License – Name + Link
103. Who do we put as the author of our
materials (eg. consortium, college,
faculty)?
Q:
104. Up to your consortium or college’s policy.
Grant doesn’t stipulate.
A:
105. How do we credit the U.S. DOL as a
funder of our materials?
Q:
106. DOL has included exact disclaimer
language in your SGA.
Round 2: See SGA p.9
Round 3: See Correction: Intellectual
Property Requirements
A:
107. "This workforce product was funded by a grant awarded by the
U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training
Administration. The product was created by the grantee and
does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S.
Department of Labor. The U.S. Department of Labor makes no
guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or
implied, with respect to such information, including any
information on linked sites and including, but not limited to,
accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness,
usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership."
Required Disclaimer:
108. Disclaimer is separate from / has nothing
to do with the CC BY license notice.
You can include it in the same section
where you usually add your disclaimers or
notices.
Note:
109.
110. When are grant materials required to be
publicly available?
Q:
111. At the end of the grant. Please consult
your DOL federal program officer for
details.
A:
113. They don’t have to be! We encourage
sharing drafts to avoid duplicate efforts by
other grantees.
A:
114. We are meeting resistance from faculty
and others around opening materials.
What steps can I take?
Q:
115. Remind them it is required by the grant! If
that doesn’t help, we have talking points
we can send you about the benefits of
opening up publicly funded materials.
Email taa@creativecommons.org.
A:
116. I can’t remember all this. Where can I go
when I’m actually applying the CC BY
license?
Q:
119. Except where otherwise noted, this
presentation by Creative Commons is
licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License:
http://creativecommons.org/by/4.0.
120. Note: Please keep in mind that Creative Commons and the double C in a
circle are registered trademarks of Creative Commons in the United States
and other countries. Third party marks and brands are the property of their
respective holders.
Photo: “fuzzy copyright”
Author: Nancy Sims
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pugno_muliebriter/1384247192/
License: CC BY-NC http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0
Photo: “telephone pole in Vancouver Valentines Day 2012”
Author: Paul Stacey
License: CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Attributions
Hello everyone! Thanks to Darren for the intro. I’m here tell you all about the Creative Commons license requirement that was in your SGAs, how to fulfill that requirement, and more importantly, what that CC license requirement really means for you as a TACT grantee.
I’d like to begin with a show of hands – how many of you have heard about Creative Commons before today? Okay, now how many of you could explain what Creative Commons is to the person next to you?
Ok, so that’s why I’m here.
My name is Jane Park, I work for Creative Commons the organization. I’ve been working for Creative Commons for a little over 6 and a half years now, a really long time, so I am definitely one of the people you want to talk to you if you have questions about the licenses or anything else we do.
There’s my email, but don’t worry if you don’t remember it, I’ll be very clear about how you can contact us at the end of the hour. If you’d like to sign up for CC news, that’s also the link – but again you don’t have to remember it b/c I’ll be putting this all online.
So we have a very full hour ahead of us because I’m going to try and cover all of these things today. But if I don’t get through all of it, it won’t be a problem either because I have two office hour sessions this afternoon where you can come by and ask me any questions you like, we can walk through anything I missed and more.
So first I’m going to talk about stuff you already know, namely what the TACT grant program is all about, then I’m going to cover the CC BY license requirement in detail, give you some background on Creative Commons and what we do, how we tie into the Open Educational Resources movement, give you examples of OER that have been created by TACT grantees like you from Round 1, how you can find and build on Round 1 grantee resources, and finally I will tell you about the free services we are offering to help you fulfill your grant requirements, already paid for, thanks to the Gates foundation.
So first, let’s begin with the stuff you already know from a big picture angle. The TACT grant program. With $2 billion dollars being distributed over 4 years starting in 2011, TACT is the largest OER initiative in the world. OER stands for Open Educational Resources. How many of you in the room are familiar with the term OER?
I’ll talk about OER more in depth later, but for now just know that TACT is an OER initiative thanks to the CC By license requirement of the grant program which requires that all new materials developed with grant funds are openly licensed to the public under the CC BY license.
All $2 billion of these funds are being granted to community colleges to:
Expand education and career training programs that can be completed in two years or less
In order to Help adults acquire the skills and credentials needed for high-wage, high-skill employment while also meeting the needs of employers
TACT is the single largest Federal investment in the Community College system
TACT focuses on the industry sectors where there is high potential for growth. This graph is based on awards granted so far, and you can see that the most popular sectors are
Basic Education, Health, and Manufacturing, followed by energy, transportation, and information technology
TACT is all about creating open educational resources in the vocational industry that make up the U.S. economy.
Region 5, where we are all from today, spans 10 states. I have been told that Manufacturing and Healthcare are the most popular focuses of your TACT grants. Who here has a focus other than manufacturing and healthcare?
What is your focus? And yours?
Ok, good that we have a variety of industry sectors represented today.
So that’s the stuff you already know. Now on to the CC BY license requirement that is part of your grant.
This language is taken directly from your SGA, and it is exists in for all four rounds of TACT grantees.
The requirement states: “To ensure that the…”
Here I underlined a few phrases because I’ll be expanding on them later. The Department of Labor is requiring the CC By license to
First of all - broaden its impact and
Secondly - to encourage innovation
So let’s put these two points on the backburner now, and go on to examine the rest of the SGA language.
The purpose of the CC BY license is to ensure that materials developed with funds result in Work that can be freely reused and improved by others.
The CC By license is the legal mechanism by which others may reuse and improve the materials that you and your team will develop with grant funds. And the idea is that this reuse and improvement will broaden the impact of your materials, and also fuel innovation based on these materials.
One point of clarification I’d like to make, that is also expressly stated within your SGA, is that the license requirement only applies to materials that you create with TACT grant funds.
So simply stated, if you own the material you create, you must add a CC BY license to it. This applies to existing material you own that you make changes or additions to with grant funds as well.
If you don’t own material, you don’t have to CC BY license it because you don’t have the rights to do so.
So that means that the CC BY license requirement does not apply to:
Any “pre-existing copyrighted materials licensed to or purchased from third parties, including modifications to such materials”
And of course the requirement does not apply if you did not use grant funds to create it.
So for example, let’s say you have a set of textbooks that you licensed from Pearson or another textbook publisher and they’ve been working just fine for you and you don’t want to switch out these textbooks with new resources. Under the terms of this grant, you can continue to license those textbooks from Pearson without having to worry about applying the CC BY license because you don’t own the textbooks – Pearson does.
The requirement only applies to new materials that you develop with the grant funds.
Now, we don’t encourage you to spend your grant money leasing proprietary textbooks because you’ll only end up having to lease the textbooks from Pearson again a couple years down the line, but I want to be clear that the grant technically does not disallow this.
Most of you will be creating new materials with grant funds, and for those materials, this is what the CC BY license allows users, especially other TACT grantees, to do with the materials you develop.
The CC BY license “allows subsequent..”
If you visit the link, you will be taken to the license deed which tells you exactly what you can and can’t do with a CC BY licensed work.
Adding a CC BY license to your work does not mean you give up your copyright; on the contrary, it means you are maintaining your copyright under the conditions of the license. All users are required to give you proper attribution, or credit, for your work.
These are the various symbols for the CC BY license that you’ll see out there on the world wide web. They are also the symbols you may choose from to affix to the materials you will develop.
So whenever you see this symbol of a person, kind of like a men’s bathroom sign, think CC BY or Creative Commons Attribution.
Now I’m going to expand upon the points I touched on earlier – why the Department of Labor decided to make CC BY a requirement as part of this program.
Hopefully, by the end of this session, you will be convinced that the CC BY license requirement for publicly funded materials is a good and even very smart thing.
In order to tell you why, I have to tell you a little bit more about Creative Commons and how it works.
In a nutshell, CC BY is a free copyright license. It’s free because anyone may use it to grant copyright permissions to their creative, educational, or scientific work. You don’t have to hire a lawyer to write a license for you or to negotiate a separate intellectual property contract. That’s what CC BY is for.
This is the CC BY license deed.
You can see that it very clearly tells you that you are free to share and adapt the work, for any purpose, even commercially, AS LONG AS
Attribution or appropriate credit is given. And the deed further explains what that all entails.
If you copy and paste the link from your SGA, as I mentioned earlier, you will be taken directly to the CC BY license deed. So you can look at this and read it if you want to know more about the legal fine print.
But also know that you don’t have to worry about its legality because it was developed specifically so that normal people (who aren’t lawyers) wouldn’t have to worry about the legal details.
The CC BY license was created by a nonprofit organization, known as Creative Commons,
That also creates other copyright licenses and legal tools for you to use – all for free.
Our reach is global. We work with legal experts in 75 countries to make sure that our licenses are aligned to national and international copyright laws. Because of this, we are the standard for open content licensing pretty much everywhere.
If I had to tell you in one sentence what we do as an org, I would say that we work to make sharing content easy, legal, and scalable.
We work to do this because it’s not always so easy, legal, or scalable when it comes to copyright law, which governs how you can share copies of content both on and offline.
There is a growing problem which you may already be aware of – the fact that copyright law is having trouble keeping up with technological change, especially with a technological advancement called the Internet.
Today more than ever before we can share copies of materials, whether they are textbooks, songs, videos, or emails, with the click of a button. But the law, which was designed before this was possible, says most of this is pretty much illegal unless you ask for express permission each and every time.
Which, if we are honest, most of us don’t do. In the age of web browsers and smart phones, it’s really easy to technically share a work – to copy, publicly perform, display, build upon and distribute works.
But legally, it’s even more complicated than before
Because it’s so easy to share and the laws haven’t kept up.
Which is why Creative Commons was founded in 2001 – to address this tension in the system. Creative Commons proposed to make it simpler for people to share by developing a preset suite of copyright licenses that anyone could use to grant copyright permissions to their works. This way, even the average blogger could have more options in how they shared their work without having to hire a lawyer.
This set of copyright licenses became known as Creative Commons licenses. Creative Commons licenses exist in the middle ground between the public domain and all rights reserved copyright because you are only giving away some of your rights while keeping copyright.
All CC licenses are made up of the four conditions shown here. From left to right are the symbols for:
Attribution, ShareAlike, Noncommercial, and NoDerivatives.
Six possible combinations of these conditions exist, which means that there are six Creative Commons licenses. In addition to our licenses, we also have a public domain dedication tool.
But for the purposes of this grant, the only license you have to worry about is the CC BY license. Which as we saw earlier, allows you to copy, adapt, and redistribute a work for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give credit to the original creator.
The CC BY license (and all CC licenses) are made up of three layers. This is a fancy way of saying that you can communicate the license in three different ways: one way for lawyers, one way for normal folks like you and me, and one way for machines.
This unique three layer design is part of what makes CC the global standard for copyright licensing.
So the first layer is the actual license, the document that lawyers have drafted and vetted so that the license works like it’s supposed to according to US and international copyright laws. This is called the lawyer readable legal code because it is written by and for lawyers.
* But since most of us are not lawyers, we also make the licenses available in a format that normal people can read and understand.
* We call this the “human readable” summary of the license, which sums up the most important terms and conditions of the license into non-technical language.
* This is the second layer of the license – and you can think of it as the user-friendly interface to the actual license.
The third and final layer of the license design is the machine-readable metadata. This is what really makes the CC license appropriate for the Internet age. This small snippet of HTML code summarizes the CC license and associated information (such as who the work is authored by) into a format that software, search engines like Google, and other kinds of technology can understand.
You don’t have to worry about coming up with this code by yourself, because we have a tool that gives it to you. All you have to do is copy and paste into your webpage.
Because CC licenses have been designed with lawyers, humans, and machines in mind, many people and organizations have adopted them around the world. We estimate that there are at least 500 million works under CC licenses out there today. This is actually a very conservative estimate…
Because as you can see, since 2003 the number of CC licensed works has been growing exponentially
Many of these millions of works are educational resources. You may recognize some of these organizations – such as MIT OpenCourseWare, one of the first adopters of CC licenses, the Khan Academy and Boundless, the open textbook publishing company.
Because these educational resources are licensed with CC licenses, they are open educational resources. CC licenses are what make open educational resources possible;
We like to say that CC is the legal framework or backbone of the OER movement.
The Hewlett Foundation, one of the first and primary funders of OER defines OER as:
“Teaching, learning… “
It’s important to note that OER are both:
Free to use – which means that you can access them
And free to Repurpose – which means that you can do more than just read them on a screen: that you can also edit, translate, and otherwise adapt them.
So when I said earlier that TACT is the largest OER initiative in the world thanks to the CC BY license, that’s what I meant. The CC BY license is what will make the resources you produce as part of this program open educational resources – b/c the CC BY license allows the public to not only reuse TACT grant materials, but to also revise, remix, and redistribute them.
So revisiting the question about why the U.S. Department of Labor is requiring CC BY for TACT:
In DOL’s own words, spoken at a prior DOL event, “We did this…”
https://gist.github.com/virtix/42f52a8a7caf4c657582
“From a public…”
“TACT is a really big…”
The bottom line is that we, along with the Department of Labor, believe that anything funded by taxpayer dollars should be made available back to the taxpayer.
We believe in public access to publicly funded works. And since the TACT program is funded by the public, the DOL is requiring CC BY in order to make this public access possible.
This grant program that we are a part of is probably the first of its kind of this size and scope, and we really view it as a huge leap forward in how public grant funds are managed. It’s a very exciting space that we have entered into.
So it all makes sense from a big picture perspective, but what does this mean for you as the grantee practically speaking? Because you, or someone on your team, will be responsible for fulfilling the requirement.
Well, for one thing it means that you can build on OER from previous rounds of TACT grantees. We some Round 1 grantees speak already today; I’ll also be going over examples of work already completed and CC BY licensed by these and other Round 1 grantees.
It means you’ll be saving money because you won’t always have to reinvent the wheel. In fact, your SGA encourages all later Rounds to build on what came before.
You can also share development costs with grantees in your round who are developing resources in the same industry sector.
This means you are also saving time and effort. It also means that any resource you create can be used and improved by others, which means that you don’t have to pay for your resource to be improved since you can use those improvements just as other grantees may use your improvements.
In turn, this lowers costs for the students who will actually be using the materials you develop – because it didn’t cost you as much to make and because the materials are openly available for them to use under the CC BY license.
You are also an example of open policy for your district and state. The OER you develop will be legally available to be used theoretically forever, but at least longer than any proprietary textbook you lease to use for one or two years.
The OER you develop will also result in partnerships and market opportunities you don’t necessarily expect, because when something is free, someone always figures out a way to market it, or at least build services around it. Think bottled water for example.
And lastly, the reach of your OER will be just as international as it is local, since it can be adapted into different languages just as it can be adapted to different state standards.
You will be able to use other grantees OER in the ways you need. If you only need a video in manufacturing from another grantee’s materials, then you are free to take that and adapt it as long as you give credit to that grantee. The same goes for that grantee if they want to take use only a portion of the materials you develop.
Practically, fulfilling the CC BY license requirement is simple.
If we revisit the SGA, you will read that all you have to do is affix a notice of the CC BY license to the materials you develop.
There is no registration process to CC license something. You simply have to add a notice to your work that it is under CC BY.
And we’ve made it easy for you to do so through a tool we have developed..
Which exists at creativecommons.org slash choose
If you have your laptop open feel free to visit this page now.
If you go to this web address, you’ll land on our license chooser tool.
The first box asks you what permissions you want to allow. Because you already know what license you want to use, you don’t have to change anything here. The default license chosen is the CC BY license.
One thing you might notice for the more detail oriented among you is that the default license is 4.0, whereas the SGA specifies CC BY 3.0.
4.0 is simply the upgraded version of the same CC BY license. You only have to worry about this if you want to…
Because we asked the DOL and they said that either 3.0 or 4.0 is okay to use to fulfill the license requirement since they are both CC BY.
4.0 is simply the updated version of the CC BY 3.0 license.
We recommend using the updated 4.0 version, but if for some reason you really want to use the 3.0 version, we’ve left that option available in the tool.
Just click on the link that reads “Looking for earlier license versions..” and it will take you to the 3.0 version of CC BY.
Regardless of whether you choose 3.0 or 4.0, remember that you don’t have to change the first box because the default setting will always be CC BY for both versions.
This means that you want to leave it at “Yes” for the two questions in the first box, so:
Yes – to allow modifications, since the CC By license allows modifications.
Yes – to allow commercial uses, since the CC BY license allows commercial uses.
Ignore the License jurisdiction field because the default setting – international – is the one you want. International is the same as unported; it is the license specified in the SGA.
To the right you’ll see that you’ve selected the CC BY license without having to do anything!
Then follow the arrow to the bottom, where it says Have a web page?
And that’s where the automatic machine-readable code is that we mentioned earlier as part of the 3 layer license design. It’s there for you to copy and paste. On the webpage where you will be hosting your materials, copy and paste this code into the page’s editing interface. If you have no idea how to do this, don’t worry – you’re probably not going to be the one in charge of editing your project’s website. Simply send the person who will be in charge of that to this tool.
If they have any questions, myself and others on the Creative Commons team will work with them directly to get it on your website.
Once you copy and paste the code into your web page, the page will automatically display this CC BY license symbol and text. The license symbol and text are automatically hyperlinked to the license deed that I showed you earlier.
Now, you can see here that the language is pretty generic – “this work is licensed under a …”
You can always change that up if you want to reflect the specifics of your consortium or college.
To do that, you would just go back to the chooser tool,
And fill out the fields in the lower left box.
The fields in this box are optional. I would only worry about the first three fields if you want to add the author or owner of the work which is usually going to be your consortium or college.
I filled out the first three fields with a made-up example for you to see. So the title of my work is Welding 101, and the creator is North Georgia Technical College and the URL where the work sits is northgeorgiatech.edu…
The code automatically changes based on what you put in those fields, so here you can see that the the language changed to “Welding 101 by…”
Now what if you want to add a CC BY license notice to a non-web page document? For example a flyer or a booklet?
The chooser tool allows for this also. In the last field called License mark, click the “offline” option in the drop-down menu.
You will see that the code on the right changes to plain text which you can also copy and paste into your document.
You will copy and paste that text into your document wherever you usually put the copyright information. So here’s an example of that here. You can see that the text reads, “This work…”
Now I want to show you more than just hypothetical examples, especially because so much great OER has already been produced by Round 1 and even some Round 2 TACT grantees.
And you may get some good ideas from how they have built their websites and resources.
The first examples I’m going to show you is a website and offline report developed by the TACT Round 1 grantee, MoHealthWins, whose industry focus is health information technology.
So Dawn already gave you an overview of the MoHealthWins program, and this slide is actually from a presentation they have given in the past.
So since Dawn already talked about her project in detail, I’m going to skip this slide, and show you their website where they have hosted their resources.
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It’s a $20 million TACT grant program which will train more than 3,200 Missourians for careers in growing healthcare occupations,
while also developing innovative solutions to current and future workforce needs in the health services/sciences industry.
The program is administered through the Missouri Community College Association and is made possible by TACT funds, in addition to support from their partners including employers and the college/workforce.
This is the project’s website, and you can see here that I’ve highlighted where they put the CC BY license information.
This notice reads, “unless otherwise noted, this MoWINs website…”
And then what follows is the DOL disclaimer that is required in your SGA. This is separate from the CC BY license notice and I’ll go over that in detail later.
This is a document they developed on their learning model, not on a website. They’ve added the CC By license notice at the bottom of the cover page.
It reads..
I want to show you another website developed by the National STEM Consortium, also a TACT Round 1 Grantee.
A little about the National STEM Consortium:
It is an alliance of 10 community colleges in 9 states that is designing a portfolio of innovative one-year certificate programs to respond to regional industry needs and to (re)train workers for high-demand, mid-skill technical careers.
The National STEM Consortium (NSC) is a good example of a round 1 grantee with TAACCCT curricula already in use. As of January this year, their STEM Bridge courses have already been used by:
Over 3,700 users across the nation
All 10 community colleges in the consortium
At least one High school
At least one Middle School
This one of their courses on STEM core skills. You can see the CC BY license notice has been added to the footer of the course page.
The license notice reads…
The last example I will show you is by a Round 2 TACT grantee, the National Aviation Consortium. This grantee has specifically told me to tell you all that they are available to advise on any questions regarding development.
The National Aviation Consortium was launched with an award of $14.9m over four years to focus on cutting edge on-line curriculum in the aviation manufacturing industry. The consortium partners include 5 community colleges in 5 states from as far west as Washington and far east as North Carolina.
This is their website, which they told me to tell you includes an intranet, a public facing site which you see here, and another website which they did all for $800 including URLs and hosting.
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Wichita Area Technical College in Kansas as the grant lead
Edmonds Community College in Washington
Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina
Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana
Tulsa Community College in Oklahoma
The part of the NAC’s curricula that is TACT funded and going to be OER is their curriculum in the areas of Health, Quality, and Safety. These fundamentals along withe National Career Readiness Certificate will serve as the foundation for aerospace manufacturing technician career pathways.
You can see the CC By license notice at the bottom of the website and also stated within the description of the curriculum itself.
They have made their curriculum available in the form of SCORM .zip files. SCORM is one of the recommended open standards in the Round 3 SGA. It’s not required, but if you’re going to be using a Learning Management System, it’s up to you to identify which open standard you will use.
The CC By license is separate from the technical format, so regardless of whatever format you create your resources in, you will be adding the CC By license notice to it.
Their CC By license notice reads…
Note that with all of these examples, there is always a link to the CC BY license included. The link is important for people to click on to know what they can and can’t do with the materials you produce.
If you’re wondering about how to mark other types of media you will be producing, such as videos and photos, we have examples for how to attach the license notices to those as well. In the interest of time I won’t go over them now, but we will email them to you. Just send a note to taa@creativecommons.org.
Ok! So we’ve gone over a lot today already. We just have a couple of agenda items left before we move on the FAQ. The Round 1 TACT grantee resources I just showed you are available for you to use and build on for free thanks to CC BY, along with millions of other OER on the web. I’m going to tell you where you can find these resources.
Then I’m going to tell you about how you can contact us to get help on anything I talked about today.
So millions of OER exist for you to use; this is just a sampling of the myriad OER organizations that create and host that OER under CC licenses.
We recommend three ways for TACT grantees to search for these resources.
The first is a webpage we have developed specifically for TACT grantees where you can find OER by media type.
The second is a Google + support community made up of other TACT grantees.
And the third is a way you can specifically search for TACT Round 1 OER if that’s what you are looking for.
Here is the webpage we have developed to help you find existing OER. If you go to this web address you’ll be taken to this page.
And you’ll see that we’ve categorized website search by type, such as websites that host free open textbooks.
In addition to that resource, we encourage you to join the Google + support community for TACT grantees. Here you can connect with and ask your fellow TACT grantees for help. Many TACT grantees have connected and found each others resources using this community.
Lastly, some TACT Round 1 grantees have take the initiative to upload their OER to public repositories. Even more TACT Round 1 OER will become available at the end of the year when their grants end, but you can still search for what is available now at two websites:
Merlot and OER Commons. Simply type in the acronym TAACCCT and be sure to get the spelling right…
And you’ll see these results on the Merlot website
And these results on the OER Commons website.
One very common question I get at this point is about the use of OER owned by third parties. Even though OER is open and free for you to use, there is still conditions attached to your use of them such as attribution.
So, question: What if we incorporate…
And the answer is two-fold:
First, make sure to tweak the CC BY license notice on your own materials to read that there are exceptions. This covers the fact that you have incorporated third party materials into your work which may be governed by different terms.
Secondly, make sure to attribute the authors of the OER you are using according to CC best practices.
So here’s a real life example that did exactly this. Remember the National Aviation Consortium?
They wrote “Unless otherwise noted” the NAC website is under a CC BY license. Because they knew they would be incorporating third party materials. You can use the same language, or variations on it, for example, “Except otherwise noted” is also used.
Then the next step would be to make sure to note those materials that are governed by different terms.
You can do this on a separate credits page at the end of the resource.
Here is an example of what that page might look like. You can see that it’s as simple as listing the Title, Author, Source link of the original content, and the License link of the resource.
You can also note the attribution right next to the material itself if you prefer.
Here is an example of an online resource from Saylor.org. The highlighted green boxes contain the attribution for the resource directly below the resource itself.
It’s up to you where you want to give attribution, but wherever you include it, we recommend including the following pieces of information.
So we have a detailed best practices for attribution guide with examples by medium.
But if you need a quick acronym to reference, we recommend using “TASL”– which stands for Title Author Source License.
TASL is even used with elementary aged children because it’s so easy to remember.
Title and Author are self-explanatory.
Source means link to the original work where you accessed it on the web;
and License means the name of and link to the license, for example CC BY or Creative Commons Attribution, and a link to the license as specified in your SGA.
The link is very important because that’s how people who don’t know what Creative Commons is know what they can and can’t do with a work.
So here is an example of an attributions section I made up using the North Georgia Technical College example from previous.
You can see that I specify the photos I used, their author, and their license and original location of the photos. If the photos had a title I would include those here too, but in this hypothetical case they did not.
The point is to use TASL as a guide.
All of this information and examples are available at this web address. There we have guides not only for attribution, but also for marking your own work with the CC BY license notice.
Don’t worry about taking down this link now or any other information now. It’s too much to remember!
Instead, remember how you can contact us to get help.
Creative Commons, along with our other partners at the Open Professionals Education Network, can help you for free thanks to the Gates foundation who has already funded us to help you.
Our free services can be accessed at Open4us.org. So if you only take down one thing, take down this web address. Open4us.org.
Here we provide all the resources I just mentioned. It is pretty much your one-stop shop for any needs you will have throughout the period of your grant that pertain to open licensing, along with some other services such as universal design for learning and open policy implementation.
These are the specific services that myself and the Creative Commons education team will give you if you need it.
If you still don’t understand the CC licenses or have more questions, we’ll help you with that.
We’ll also give you one-on-one assistance with applying the CC BY license notice to your materials if after looking at our guides you still need help.
We’ll help connect you with other grantees so that you can use and build on existing OER>
We’ll help you attribute OER you use according to our best practices.
Essentially, we’ll help you follow best practices for anything regarding the CC BY license.
So, where can you get in touch with us? Remember one website: open4us.org
Where can you email us if you prefer to contact a real person versus going to a website:
TAA@creativecommons.org. This email goes directly to four people on the Creative Commons team so you will get a very prompt response. We usually respond within 1-2 days.
Use this email to request follow-up services, such as custom webinars for your consortium or faculty, to set up a phone call or meeting with one of us, and ask any other questions.
So we’ve covered a lot. This is where I normally go through the FAQs that TACT grantees have asked us in the past, but since I’ve been talking for a while, why don’t I open it up to questions from you at this point, since you can always look at the FAQ later through the website.
So does anyone have any questions?
The author of the material is normally the person or group of individuals who created the material.
However, your consortium or college may have a policy on who is listed as the author (eg: it could be the consortium, the college, or the individual).
Any particular policy is not stipulated by the grant.
The grantee must include the following language on all Work developed in whole or in part with grant funds, including its incorporation in the license:
Please note that this disclaimer is separate from the CC BY license notice which you are attaching to your works. The CC BY license is issued by you directly to the public for their reuse of your works, and does not involve the DOL as a third party.
The U.S. DOL requires that materials be submitted at the end of the grant. Please consult your DOL federal program officer for details.
Grantees are encouraged to share draft and pre-final versions of content, through self-hosting or by depositing them in a publicly-accessible repository. Though no policy mandates sharing of content before final deposit with DOL, sharing content can help avoid duplicate efforts by other grantees and consortia.
The SGA explicitly stated that any materials created through these funds will be made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license and that was agreed to by the consortium when they accepted the money from the DOL. That is, the you can tell faculty that they have already agreed to openly license materials created with DOL grant funds.
Benefits such as wider recognition of their quality work,
a larger audience that will benefit from their work, and
an ability to publicly refer to their quality work for others to review.
All of these benefits encourage more positive work to happen with the faculty member and will potentially aid in their chances of receiving future funding.
And here is how we propose to help you:
Through direct email assistance. This is the best email to reach us.
Through phone assistance, we’re happy to walk you through anything, or schedule a conference call with your team
We’re also happy to host webinars where you can invite the rest of your project partners, instructional designers, and faculty members
And through our website, where we will continue to update FAQs, resources, handouts, and videos that you need
We’d also love to hear from you about the best way we might communicate with you and help you.