Sorel ReismanMERLOT Managing Director

Creative CommonsWhat, Why, and How:

A Practical Guide

Creative Commons & MERLOT

• MERLOT encourages sharing and reuse of online materials

• MERLOT wants to protect Members’ IP• MERLOT provides “free” access to

www.merlot.org• Referenced materials may/may not be free• MERLOT provides faculty development

guidance/direction/instruction about reusing materials developed by others

© MERLOT 2008

What is Creative Commons?

Background: (1:59)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0FMnVIofuE0

Evolving Importance to MERLOT

• MERLOT encourages reuse of others’ learning materials

• MERLOT encourages reuse of MERLOT materials

• With new MERLOT/Carnegie KEEP Toolkit integration, MERLOT encourages Creative Commons licensing of newly created, MERLOT-hosted materials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhimdwoWM5A&NR=1

Why use Creative Commons?

Licensing: (2:40)

Creative Commons &Commerce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lxQtk879Uk

Resolving Differences: (9:53)

www.creativecommons.org

CC’s License Generator

http://creativecommons.org/choose

Contributing to MERLOT

In “content creator”

“content creator”

Name the content creator

This Presentation

HTTP://SEARCH.CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG

MERLOT Content Analysis

Category TYPE CREATOR OWNER

A MERLOT computer code Staff MERLOT

MERLOT Partner Reserve documents Staff MERLOT

MERLOT Partner Reserve, portal, & JOLT templates Staff MERLOT

MERLOT About Us documents Staff MERLOT

MERLOT public website content and images Staff MERLOT

Peer reviews Partner MERLOT

MERLOT Partner Communities content Partner MERLOT

Learning materials metadata Member Member

Assignments Member Member

Member Comments Member Member

Snapshots Member Member

Personal Collections Member Member

Discussion board thread creation/submission Anyone MERLOT

B Authored learning material Author Author

Third Party Partner Communities – content & design Author Author

THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYIN MERLOT

CREATED/OWNED BY DIFFERENTKINDS OF PARTICIPANTS

MERLOT CC Licenses

• by-nc-sa - Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike

• User must declare source, cannot use material for commercial purposes, can modify, and reuse must have same licensing conditions

• by-nc-nd - Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivative• User must declare source, cannot use material

for commercial purposes, and when used, no changes, must be verbatim

TYPE CREATOR OWNER LICENSE DESCRIPTION LICENSE

Staff MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike

by-nc-sa

MERLOT About Us documents Staff MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivative by-nc-nd

MERLOT portal content Partner MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike

by-nc-sa

Peer reviews

Partner MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, No-Derivative by-nc-nd

MERLOT Partner Communities content

Partner MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike

by-nc-sa

Learning material metadata Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike

by-nc-sa

Assignments Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike

by-nc-sa

Member Comments Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, No-Derivative by-nc-nd

Snapshots Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike

by-nc-sa

Personal Collections Member Member Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike

by-nc-sa

Discussion board creation/submission

Anyone MERLOT Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivative by-nc-nd

Acceptable Use Agreement

MERLOT Voices

voices.merlot.org

http://www.youtube.com/user/MERLOTPlace

MERLOT’s YouTube Channel

QUESTIONS?