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Our goal: 
“Universal access to research 
and education, full participation 
in culture.”
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1. Free Licences 
More free More restrictive
2. Projects
We argue: 
Publicly funded works should be 
held in common, to enable the 
active reuse of our common 
culture and knowledge
First (obvious) point: 
It's much easier to share work for 
collaboration and reuse.
Second point: 
This means you cannot predict 
who will find your work useful.
Media Text Hack
CC Kiwi
MIT Reader Stories 
“I am in-between post-docs and I am having difficulty 
obtaining journal access” 
–Post-doc, US 
“I don’t have access to many articles due to … sanctions. … I 
really appreciate this policy of MIT that helped me a lot.” 
– Researcher, Middle East 
“For a small, publicly funded …media like the one I direct… 
academic knowledge… can be quite time-consuming and 
often very expensive.”
Third point: 
There's more content than ever 
(and it's easy to find & use).
Man from the city, 1971, by Jan Nigro. Purchased 1971. Te Papa 
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 New Zealand licence Te Papa 
(1971-0036-2)
Massed troops at a New Zealand Division thanksgiving service, World 
NLNZ; WW100 
War I. Ref: 1/2-013806-G. No known copyright. 
http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22684353
Open Arts and Culture 
. 
Concrete by Jem Yoshioka. 
Licensed CC-BY-SA. 
jemshed.com/comic/concrete/
Geospatial data 
National Imagery Photography by LINZ. 
Licensed CC-BY 
data.linz.govt.nz/data/category/aerial-photos/
Fourth point: 
The technical barriers to access 
and reuse are dropping 
('read-only' --> 'read-write')
‘Lego Life Lessons’ by the Manning Brothers. 
Lego Life Lessons 
CC-BY-NC-SA 
youtube.com/watch?v=z9p6n3lhpcs
Fifth point: 
Obvious potential to share a 
massive amount of educational 
resources for reuse
50,000+ teachers 
2,500+ schools 
Enormous potential to save 
time, money & frustration.
50,000+ teachers 
2,500+ schools 
Enormous potential to share & 
collaborate.
Sixth point: 
The legal barriers to 
dissemination & reuse remain.
Copyright Graffiti Sign by Horia Varlan 
Copyright 
CC-BY 
https://flic.kr/p/7vBD4T
Copyright is very restrictive. 
Automatic. 
Applies online. 
No 'c' required. 
Lasts for 50 years after death.
Seventh point: 
Teachers don’t own copyright 
to resources they produce in 
the course of their employment.
Eighth point: 
Most schools don't have clear 
IP policies on sharing & reuse.
“Grayson, Westley, Stanislaus County...” via US Nat. Archives 
https://flic.kr/p/8UAPVT What to Do? . 
No Known Copyright
Solution: 
Develop, share and reuse Open 
Educational Resources
#1: 
School: Adopt clear & transparent 
copyright policies
#2: 
Teacher: Introduce finding, 
reusing and making open content 
into your 'workflow'
Here's the pitch: 
Creative Commons licences are 
clear, simple, free, legally robust 
and you keep your copyright.
Here's the pitch: 
CC policies clarify IP at schools, 
while enabling sharing and 
collaboration.
Four Licence Elements
Attribution
Non Commercial
No Derivatives
Share Alike
Six Licences
More free More restrictive
Layers 
Licence symboll 
Human readable 
Lawyer readable
Go to creativecommons.org/choose
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cIW 
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Cabinet encourages BoTs to take 
NZGOAL into account & use CC 
licensing when releasing 
resources
BoTs can adapt ASHS's free, CC 
licensed off-the-shelf policy. 
This policy simply gives 
permission for teachers to 
share.
1. No need to ask permission 
2. Keep resources when you leave 
3. Teachers receive credit when 
their work is reused 
4. Make use of the N4L Portal.
“Teachers are collaborating more, and 
they’re also involving their students in 
the development of those teaching and 
learning resources.” 
Mark Osborne, ASHS
creativecommons.org.nz 
nzcommons.org.nz 
@cc_aotearoa 
matt@creativecommons.org.nz 
elizabeth@creativecommons.org.nz 
groups.creativecommons.org.nz 
(we're also on Loomio) 
This work is licensed under a 
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 
International License.

Creative Commons for Connected Educators