Getting Creative with the Commons

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Andrea Tejedortejedor.andrea@gmail.com

What’s on the Agenda?

• 21st Century Skills

• Students as Content Creators

• Copyright vs. CC

• A Case Study

• Get Creative

21st Century Skills

Information Literacy Access and Evaluate Information • Access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources)• Evaluate information critically and competentlyUse and Manage Information• Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand• Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of sources• Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the

access and use of information

A new type of practice

Evolution rather than revolution

The ultimate architecture of participation

• Web 2.0 emphasizes content creation over content consumption

• Information is liberated from corporative control – i.e. traditional content owners or their intermediaries

• Anyone can create, assemble, organize (tag), locate and share content

Relinquishing control

• Information is meaningless unless it can be remixed and repurposed

As content creators

• Opportunity to construct and organize knowledge • Increasingly independent learners• Active knowledge generators • Manage their own learning experience

The Mother of All Funk Chords

In B Flat

Collaboration empowers students to

• understand questions • develop arguments • share meaning & conclusions • among a community of learners

Increased user contribution

Yields:• Growth of collective intelligence• Re-usable dynamic content

Promotes:• Sense of community• Empowerment & ownership for users

What about Wikipedia?

• Amateur knowledge surpasses professional when the right kind of systems and tools are available

• Invites self-policing, community watchfulness, leading to an evolutionary selection process

Conflict with copyright

• Intellectual property holds will initiate lawsuits against perceived misappropriation

• Simpler tools = easier violation of copyright

New flexible content licensing models

Some rights reserved vs.

All rights reserved

Creative Commons Presents:

“Get Creative”

Let’s take a closer look

Licenses:

A Case Study

• Jack is a primary school teacher in the Hudson Valley. He wants to find some images he can use in his classes.

Choosing a License

• CC tool to help you define the license

What happens when we Remix OER?

Compatibility Chart Terms that can be used for a derivative work or adaptationBY BY-NC BY-NC-

NDBY-NC-

SABY-ND BY-SA

Status of original

work

BY X X X X X X

BY-NC X X X

BY-NC-ND

BY-NC-SA X

BY-ND

BY-SA X

Where do I find resources?

• Google Images• Flickr Creative Commons• Creative Commons Search• CC Licensed Resources

Let’s get creative…

• Create a PowerPoint Presentation with at least 5 slides

• Find CC licensed content • Upload your presentation to slideshare and

license your work