Creative Commons In The Classroom (IATEFL)

Editor's Notes

• #2 Introduce myself: Bellerbys, IT (GCSE, Foundation) Recently DELTA’d Taught EFL for 8 yrs (UK & Japan) Also content creator (music, photography, short films, etc) & enthusiastic user of CC (but not a lawyer/no legal background) Introduce talk: (problem) About copyright (solution) About Creative Commons
• #3 Prompt paired audience discussion with two questions? What is copyright? How does it affect education? Consider: Does it matter? What does it have to do with me?
• #4 Set of legal rights to author/creator of original work, including right to copy, distribute and adapt the work Exists in law as part of intellectual property (along with trademarks & patents) When a work is created, it’s automatically protected (all rights reserved) – registration not needed (in UK at least) to exercise copyright (elicit) Works can include books, written articles, maps, charts, musical compositions, dramatic works, photographs, paintings, sculptures, motion pictures, computer programs, databases… (Q: how long does it last?) Lasts for 50-100 years after creator’s death, then passes into public domain
• #5 Licenses to use copyrighted works are required (in UK from CLA – Copyright Licensing Agency) Use of copyrighted works often comes under concept of ‘Fair Dealing’ – this is a legal defence rather than a legal right – no ‘Fair Use’ in UK, unlike US where it covers copying for education Issue of plagiarism (academic offence, not legal one – doesn’t become one unless intent to profit from copyrighted work)
• #6 Existing copyright regime needs reforming in face of Information Age – clash with the ‘Net era, where sharing is commonplace & computers make copies of everything – e.g. until 2003, technically illegal to view a website (Copyright, Designs & Patents Act, 1988) Traditional content distributors monopolise cultural products, which restricts culture Hinders ‘human right’ to ’freedom of knowledge’ To many, teaching = the spread of knowledge. If that knowledge is restricted, so is that learning opportunity.
• #7 An NPO that ‘enables the sharing & use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools’ Offers series of licences that allow issuer to communicate which rights they wish to reserve on their work (‘some rights reserved’) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (All rights…)(Some rights…)(Public domain)
• #8 Elements of licences Attributionall licences have this – give a credit, but not in a way that suggests an endorsement by author Non-Commercialothers can copy, distribute, display, perform and modify your work for any purpose other than commercially (unless they get your permission) No Derivativesothers can copy, distribute, display and perform only original copies of your work Share-Alikeothers can copy, distribute, display, perform, and modify your work, so long as it’s on the same terms as original licence
• #9 Licence combinations: Attribution (the least restrictive) Attribution – Share Alike (the ‘Wikipedia’ one) Attribution – No Derivatives Attribution – Non-Commercial Attribution – Non-Commercial – Share Alike Attribution – Non-Commercial – No Derivatives (the most restrictive)
• #10 Who uses CC licences? Obama MIT Wikipedia OU
• #11 Copyright issue becomes blurred with rise of online and e-learning Cleared digital resources are easier to source, reuse and adapt Not misusing copyright is good ‘netiquette’ Getting appropriate copyright clearance can take too long/academic staff don’t have time to absorb complexities of licence Institutional licences may not cover all student work, e.g. that which incorporates images and text from multiple sources that is shared with others greater risk of prosecution for copyright infringement – as content industries lose more income in face of challenge to business models, they may become more vigorous in enforcement – under Digital Economy Act (2010), online copyright infringers can have internet blocked
• #12 Also within Google’s ‘Advanced Search’ filters, etc
• #13 ‘eltpics’ at Flickr
• #14 What Teaching, learning and research resources in public domain or licensed, permitting free use or repurposing Examples include learning content (lessons plans, essays, books…), tools (desktop software, online communities) & implementation resources Who Being used by UNESCO, Harvard, Columbia, UNU, OU… Why A contribution to the global knowledge commons Increased internal sharing of resources A wider range of resources for in-house students to be able to make use of Marketing/reputation capital benefits via SEO
• #15 Encouraging creativity increases participation and enhances learning This is not piracy – this is a ‘literacy for this generation’ (Lessig)
• #16 Blair and Bush ‘Endless Love’
• #17 ‘Big Buck Bunny’
• #18 End message – go forth and share!!!