Thanks-wonderful sessions

Thanks for having given us opportunity to participate in the Open Content Licencing For Educators .  All the five sessions were fantastic.  I must say I have a lot during these sessions. It will definitely help me a lot in my career.

3rd Learning Reflection

3rd Learning Reflection

Since the last few days I have been spending much of my time doing assignment on copyrights and creative commons rights .First of all I must say during my career I have always used the traditional method -supporting my learning through blogs are new to me but a   nice learning experience  . .

Stephen talk on the importance of OER in teaching and learning which according to him Open Licensing does save time and money for educators and will encourages sharing and promoting innovation.  This message was also reinforced by Desmond Tutu who advised that freedom to learn requires unrestricted access to free open educational resources. His  video was very inspiring .

David refers OER to the 4R's -Reuse ,Remix ,Revise and Redistribute. Thanks to OER anyone can create something that may be  helpful to others.  Though we have free access to materials, we still  have some restrictions laid  by our institutions.  However, according to me ,reusing someone else materials should not be called "theft" as long as one is giving credit to the creator.  There should have no barriers and limit in education.  While borrowing others information on the net one should be very careful.

The E-activities was very challenging. I spent a lot of time making researches before attempting the questions. However, the activities was very fruitful to me .  I have learnt how important it is especially for when we  borrow images on the net we should properly acknowledge.  I have learnt a lot from the resources available and while doing activities. After reading resources available I was still confused but the activities help to clear all doubts especially the one on  photograph and film.

 “Creativity always builds on the past. And you are building the past right now. Share now. Shape the  future.” Justin Cone, 2004.This video reflects on sharing education and introduction of creative common. licences.  Sharing  help to move forward it forward.

According to Lawrence lessig's talk on the move from "all Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved".Sharing can be done without forgetting  to give the required credit to the creator.

Richard Stallman talk on the The Four Freedoms of free software which  resembles the  four R's of Openness- the move of OER and the free software ( not freeware).

According to Chris Betcher - creators of teaching materials should make use of CC BY-SA.I completely agree with him that very often we make use of materials on the web ignoring copyright rules.

Chris Betcher prefer the use of  CC BY-SA licence for his teaching materials. Ahrash Bissell on the other side argues that for the sake of simplicity OERs should all aim to be CC BY.

 I admit I have   learnt a lot on open educational resources (OER), copyright, and Creative.. I  am very happy to form part Open content licensing for educators.  Thanks for giving  us such opportunities which will help us a lot in our career.

 

 

Ahrash Bissell

Ahrash Bissell
 As an educator I  agree to :"When sharing, simple is best. Use CC-BY."

The CC-BY licence allows anyone to: copy, distribute and transmit the work adapt the work,make commercial use of the work .under the condition that the user must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor.

 publishers use CC-BY  to make their work available to a wider audience .It can help others create their own work. CC-BY license, which allows unlimited use and modification, including commercial uses, provided the source is attributed.  At a minimum the attribution requires listing the names of the authors. So far, open access publishing has been presented as both a public and a private good.  Authors benefits from barrier-free dissemination and reuse, and authors benefit from wider readership.

However ,many authors are unaware that the CC-BY licenses of their open-access papers allow commercial publishers to alter and republish their papers without consulting them. 

For a creator, once he  license his  work he would not be able to cancel the Creative Commons licenses he  applied to all of his old work. For example, perhaps a photography hobby has now turned into a profession. He would not be able to cancel the Creative Commons licenses he  applied to all of his old work.

Often photograph  can be misused by others and having your name attached to it.

So before applying any creative commons to your work you should before decide whether they are willing to share their work permanently under those terms.

wonna work together

Wonna work together

Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world. Licensing a work is as simple as selecting which of the six licenses best meets your goals, and then marking your work in some way so that others know that you have chosen to release the work under the terms of that license

The mission of creative common is to develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.

The vision of creative common is realizing the full potential of the Internet — universal access to research and education, full participation in culture — to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity. Information has been made available since very long ago on the internet.  all kinds of information for research, education were available but they were copyrighted.  we were unable to edit ,copy, past or even post it on the web legally . one need permission of the author or publisher.   Thanks to the six types of creative common:

 Attribution CC BY

This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.

 Attribution-ShareAlike  CC BY-SA

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

 Attribution- NoDerivs CC BY-ND

This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.

 Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND

This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them s artists, teachers, scientists can remix these information .

ACTIVITY 4.I

Activity 4.1

Students awareness on using materials with the appropriate creative common licences on face book

Face book is becoming a very important social network to share resources However, one should make sure to check specific copyright restrictions before uploading anything on the web.

Objectives of this lesson  are:

·        Learn what resources students are and aren’t allowed to use, and why.

·        Learn how to attribute images students are allowed to use.

·         Students  just use any resources off  the Internet, show students how to source and attribute images they are allowed to use.

              Creative Commons license

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   1. A Creative Commons license CC is used when an author wants to give people

       the right to share, use, and even build upon a work that they have created.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_Licence

      
      

      Flickr Creative Commons images

      One of the most common sources of Creative Commons images is Flickr.

      
      

      Types of creative common licences

      

      
      

      Jayel Aheram,  "creative Commons"   taken on February 24, 2003 via  Flickr, creative common

       attribution

      
      

      Choosing the appropriate CC licenses

      Attribution CC BY

      This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even

       commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is 

      the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum

       dissemination and use of licensed materials.

      
      

      Attribution-ShareAlike  CC BY-SA

      This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for 

      commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new 

      creations under the identical terms.

      
      

       Attribution- NoDerivs CC BY-ND

      This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed 

      along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.

      
      

       Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC

      This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and

       although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have

       to license their derivative works on the same terms.

      
      

      Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA

      This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as

       they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

      
      

        Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND

      This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download 

      your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in 

      any way or use them commercially.

      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

      
      

      This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. 

      To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter

       to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View

      
      

      For this remix I used three different licences (BY-SA, Public Domain and BY)

      ·        https://www.google.mu/search?q=public+domain+logo+of+creative+commons&rlz=1C2OPRA

      _enMU529MU529&

      tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Ggg1UpjTA8KFrAfPq4CoCA&ved=0CGIQsAQ

      &biw=1366&bih=667&dpr=1

      ·         http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

      ·         http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

      ·         .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_Licence

      Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

      
      

      My Reflection 

      Applying a Creative Commons license to my work is a serious decision.

       When one  apply a CC license to his work means he gives permission to

       anyone to use the work for the full duration of applicable copyright, absent

       a violation of the license.  My blog is Attribution-ShareAlike  CC BY-SA. 

       For editors who would like permission to use this work , Request for

       copyright permission.

      It is clear that Creative Commons helps people to deal  things  with issues

       of copyright which may be a very complicated matter for some people.

       An original  author should apply for CC and choose among the options

       he wants. For people producing derivatives or remixes then the licence

       will be different.They may want their work to have full Attribution (BY) 

      but the material that they want to use may be Attribution-No Derivatives

       (BY-ND).

      one should make life  easy to search for, discover and use. It provides an easy

       way to manage the copyright terms that attach automatically to all creative works under

       copyright.  The reason people use creative commons licenses is to make

       it easier for everyone to share and adapt creative work without the concern 

      of copyright infringement.

      I am very glad to share my knowledge on creative commons licenses to 

      my students and even colleagues who were completely unaware of these

       licenses.  

Building on the past

Building on the past

“	Creativity always builds on the past. And you are building the past right now. Share now. Shape the future.	”
—Justin Cone, 2004

video 1: Creative Common  is the possibility to work alongside with copyright but allowing more freedom to modify copyright terms according to ones' need. It allows others to know what they can do and what they cannot do with your work. Creative common is designed to facilitate sharing, reuse, remix legally. 

Video 2:  It's time to change. One should provide free licenses and other legal tools to allow freedom to share, remix , use commercially .  I completely agree  Justin Cone, when we built something we should built it with many options so as to make life easier.  It should not be restricted with any rules .We should reduce barriers to the free sharing of knowledge and culture.  It will facilitate collaboration and encourage innovation.

"For me, Creative Commons means resources are freely accessible. we have freedom to legally copy, modify, reuse  and remix."

Video signpost-Cathy Casserly

Video Signpost-Cathy Casserly
For me creative common licence allows one to use the work of someone else without having to ask for permission provided one use the work in the manner permitted by the creative common licence-credit the author in the manner they specify.

case study reflection

Case study Reflection

I admit the case study was not an easy task for me. I spent quite a lot of time reading the materials before attempting the questions. Questions 1 -4 was quite easy- I was satisfy with the results however, as  for  question 5  I  was stuck spending lots of time reading the materials again and again. I have learned a lot on copyrights in this activity. Teachers very often we use others work without paying much attention to the word copyright.

I am now well aware of the different laws on copyright now. however. copyrights should not act as a barrier in  teaching and learning.

E-Learning activity

Mr John, lecturer of English Literature in a  University in Mauritius has been teaching for a long time using the traditional lecturing method. He has for decades shown to his classes the scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in which Mercutio is killed. It helps students understand the profound difference between the play as acted and the play as written. When he started teaching many years ago he showed it from 16mm film,  then moved up to VHS tapes and nowadays to DVD.  He's using Zeferelli's version, produced in the 1968's.On request of his students he wants now to make use of the online management system hosted by the university.  He wants to develop an online course on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He was informed that all the students have their password to get access to these courses at the university.  He also includes the resources on the university local network. He also plan to include:

•  The full text of The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet  by Arthur Brooke (died c. 1563)

·         A clip of Romeo and Juliet  from Youtube

Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Does Mr John need permission of Zeferelli?

A   Yes-Incorrect. There are some exceptions for teaching and research in favour of schools, colleges, universities and libraries.

B    No-correct. It is being used for no profit-making motive

2. Given that anybody with an Internet connection can access and view the video, can Mr John include the clip of the video in his course

A  Yes-Incorrect. The fact that the video is accessible by anyone on the web, does not change the status of the copyright. The terms of use : YouTube cannot grant you the rights to use content that has already been uploaded to the site. If you wish to use someone else’s YouTube video, you may want to reach out to them via our messaging feature.

B.  No-correct .She  would not be able to make a copy of the video for inclusion in her course without prior permission from the copyright holder. At best she can include a link to the YouTube         

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

    

Who owns the copyright of your teaching materials?

Who owns the copyright of your teaching materials?

Staffs in my institutions enjoy academic freedom .We have the right to produce any work we want. whether we want it to be copyrighted or free access depends on us.   Academic freedom is specifically intended to foster the free exchange of  ideas within the school. I had the opportunity several times to create new educational materials for my students. for example for  revision on the chapter input and output devices, I created an interactive software mainly some tutorials and some  Multiple Choice Questions for my students.  it was installed on every computers in school . Pupils had free access on it.  Pupils enjoyed using it, make maximum use of it freely.  Having been able to create something which will benefit my student who come mostly from poor family is a great pride for me. Even my colleagues made use of it

Institutions do not have  to claim ownership of education materials. As an author one has the right to be recognised as the author, the right to the integrity of the work and the right not to have the work adapted, modified or distorted in a way that would lessen the author's reputation.