My 4th learning Reflections - OCL4Ed
The 4th session was based on the
concept of creative commons and their applications. The CEO of Creative Commons
Mrs Catherine Casserly clearly explains how materials created can be made
available for use to other people by moving them from all rights reserved to
some rights reserved. Creative commons consists of 6 types of licenses which
issues different type of permission for use from the authors. In this way, both
the authors and users are given some rights on the created materials.
Justin Cone, creator of the clip “Building on
the past” states that using creative commons makes life easier, makes your
creations easily accessed to other people and if it is educational , then the
author has to make it go to the world otherwise the work has no importance and
it ends here. I agree with him when he said that when you make a project and
apply all right reserved, it is the end of the story, whereas if you give out
some rights to others, then you bring in variety, improvement, new twist, new
dimensions to your created work and hence make it interesting.
As an educator, I believe that teaching and
learning material should be given the most freedom, lets say the CC-BY
attribution so as to allow other people with more creativity to explore further
concept we bring into existence, this will provide more opportunities in the
educational sector and increase learning resources and ideas. However if we
restrict by applying all-right reserved concept, then we are blocking the route
to knowledge.
Creative Commons help researchers such as
educators, scientists, companies and public organisations in innovating,
adapting and developing ideas to improve their respective sectors. Finally I
would like to say that implementing creative commons especially to the
educational sector is a saver to the rights of both producer and consumer of teaching
and learning content.
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