This document argues that educational resources should be shared openly using Creative Commons licenses to enable anyone to share, adapt, and reuse them. It notes that Creative Commons licenses are clear, simple, free, and legally robust while still allowing authors to maintain copyright. The document encourages schools to adopt transparent copyright policies allowing teachers to share resources using Creative Commons and for teachers to introduce finding, reusing, and making open content into their workflows from the beginning.

2. We argue:
Educational resources should be
shared openly, to enable anyone
to share, adapt and reuse

3. More free More restrictive
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1. Free Licences

4. 2. Projects

6. It's much easier to share work for
collaboration and reuse.

7. This massively increases the
potential audience for
educational resources
→ not just the teachers in your
school, area or email list

8. There's more content than ever
(and it's easy to find & use).

9. The technical barriers to access
and reuse are dropping

10. However, the legal barriers to
dissemination & reuse remain.

11. Copyright Graffiti Sign by Horia Varlan
CC-BY
https://flic.kr/p/7vBD4TCopyright

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

13. Teachers don’t own copyright
to resources they produce in
the course of their employment
→ the BoT does.

14. Most schools don't have clear
IP policies on sharing & reuse.

15. “Grayson, Westley, Stanislaus County...” via US Nat. Archives
No Known Copyright
https://flic.kr/p/8UAPVTWhat to Do?.

17. Here's the pitch:
Creative Commons licences are
clear, simple, free, legally robust
and you keep your copyright.

18. Attribution

19. Non Commercial

20. No Derivatives

21. Share Alike

22. Six Licences

23. More free More restrictive

24. Layers
Licence symboll
Human readable
Lawyer readable

25. Go to creativecommons.org/choose

26. How are these licences used by
schools and teachers in New
Zealand?

27. #1:
School: Adopt clear & transparent
copyright policies

28. BoTs can adapt our free off-the-shelf
policy at
resources.creativecommons.org.nz

29. This policy simply gives
permission for teachers to
share.

30. Cabinet encourages BoTs to take
NZGOAL into account & use CC
licensing when releasing
resources

31. 1. No need to ask permission
2. Keep resources when you leave
3. Teachers receive credit when their
work is reused
4. Share your work on Pond.

32. CC in Schools
80-120 schools using Creative
Commons to share resources

33. #2:
Teacher: Introduce finding,
reusing and making open content
into your 'workflow'

34. Bake in openness from the
beginning by reusing open
content

35. The future:
A national commons of free, legal
resources.
→ no more reinventing the wheel
→ no more breaking the law

36. New resources to help:
resources.creativecommons.org.nz
–Introductory paper
–Annotated policy
–Brochure
–Poster
–Videos
–Case studies
–And more to come...

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