My OLTD 505 instructor, Alec Couros shared the importance of understanding what the Creative Commons is - as an organization, as a way of finding copyleft media, and as a way of licensing materials. That is what I have set out to do.
I first visited the Creative Commons website where I found a very helpful video in explaining the purpose for the Creative Commons (Click the Creative Commons image to view the video). Before I dove too far into what it is all about I stumbled upon the license creator and I made a Creative Commons license for my work found on my website. Now to find out more about the link I just embedded in my website!
My research led me to find that Creative Commons is a “nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.” FREE! I was certain that this service was going to come at a cost, but was pleasantly surprised that it did not. By creating and placing this license on my creative work I can then choose how it will be used and shared by the public. For lack of a better term this is a really “cool-tool”! I have the ability as the creator of my work to choose if I “give people the right to share, use, and even build upon” my work.
Not only does Creative Commons work to protect my work, but it also can help me find other’s work that I can legally use, share and adapt - if the creator has chosen that type of license. This is a huge step forward in the realm of collaboration and is exactly what our OLTD program has focused on. This is just another tool available to me to further build my repertoire of educational resources and increase my collaboration with others in the same field.
Has anyone else created their own license for their work on their website/blog?
I especially will be adding this license to my OLTD e-Portfolio, will any of you be doing the same?
Does anyone have any negatives to point out about Creative Commons?
Is there any work in particular that you have creative that you wouldn’t want to be shared or altered? What is it?
Resources used in this post:
Creative Commons Website: http://creativecommons.org/about